confused on the case of Charles Dexter Ward
Spoiler —
Was the real Charles ever in the asylum? was Curwen in the asylum twice?
I’m confused because the story starts off saying that Charles disappeared from his cell and it’s really dusty and I know the story ends with the doctor reducing joseph down to dust so I’m wondering if Charles was ever even really there or did Joseph rake his identity and pretend to be him the whole time???
my confusion is because we know that joseph ends up in the asylum because he’s acting really anachronistically. We also know earlier that Charles had ended up in the asylum because his family was concerned about how weird he was acting and everything so I guess my question is was Charles ever in the asylum or was it always joseph?
EDIT TO ADD: what is the whole timeline of the dr investigating charles / killing joseph / ?????