Anton‘s Bark - Thirteen

Otto’s reading of Chapter Eleven has him recounting how his
fictitious self comes face to face with a ferocious dog. 
His premonition, that he would be attacked by such a dog, within
twenty-four hours of arriving in Vienna, comes true. What the
fictitious Otto didn’t know however, is that this attack would
happen in the midst of an unexpected encounter with his son,
Jakob. He doesn’t lose heart. His final premonition is that he
will be safely in his hotel room with Marie, by midnight that
night. The episode concludes with the real Otto’s description of
Anton’s continuing adventures in the Unseen, which by now have
become a wild retelling of a popular Greek myth. Still chasing
after the Frenchman’s shoe, Anton races down a passage, which
takes him into the Dark Ages. As Otto explains, it is apparent
that Anton’s mind is somewhat adrift. The writer seems to have
forgotten his desire to find out what happens in Otto in Flames.
He only wants to get out of the cave, and back to his wife. Yet
what happens Anton will have its consequences in Chapter Twelve
of the novel, where Otto’s own quest to be reunited with his
family continues.