Literature
Phantom of the Opera Comedy 2
Erik was bored. In fact, bored was too mild a word to reflect his state of mind which could more accurately be described as one of torturous mind-numbing tedium.
He couldn't sleep. He had been tossing and turning all night and had finally woken, uncomfortable, sweaty and frustrated, with his legs tangled in his sheets.
He was not alone in being in this unhappy state. In fact, the vast majority of the occupants of the opera house were now staring moodily at the ceiling just as he was, counting the cracks in the stones or plaster.
The cause of this collective insomnia was, ironically, the one person in the building who was fas