My only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 3. A horrible feeling of gloom closes in on Jonathan after being warned by Dracula that he is to sleep only in his room if he is to get a safe and good night’s rest. This foreshadows that his experience at Castle Dracula is about to get worse!