I thought back to the moment when the stranger had come into the room.Yes, he had been wearing a cloak too… Full of fear, I quickly took the cloak from Mr. Preston and left the room.The next morning I left Oxford and escaped to Europe.I was now known to be a cheat at cards and every door in England would be closed against me.But bad luck travelled with me.In fact I soon realized that my troubles at Oxford had been only the beginning… Soon after I arrived in Paris, I met William Wilson again.There, too, he destroyed my evil hopes.Everywhere I went, year after year, he appeared like a ghost and came between me and my plans.In Rome he stopped me from getting what I wanted.In Vienna, too-in Berlin, and even in Moscow! Wasn't there anywhere where I could be left alone?I went from city to city, trying to escape from him.But I couldn't feel free.
