Both Uses of
presentiment
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- At last, I received the proof that my presentiments had not deceived me, and I was rewarded for all my efforts on the day when I acquired the certainty that the Opera ghost was more than a mere shade.†
Chpt Prol. *presentiments = premonitions (supernatural feelings about what is to come)
- Hearing these terrible remarks, I received an awful presentiment ...I too had once rung at the monster's door ...and, without knowing it, must have set some warning current in motion.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
a premonition (a supernatural feeling about what is to come) -- especially of something evil or bad