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           AfterthisIwasnolongerconscious;butattimesmyrecollectionreturnedforamoment,andthenIsawthesamemanwhoisnailedtothemast,sitdownatthattable,singinganddrinking;andhewholiesnotfarfromhimonthefloor,inascarletcloak,satnearhim,andhelpedhimtodrink." Thusspokemyoldservanttome. 

           Youmaybelieveme,myfriends,thatallwasnotrighttomymind;fortherewasnodelusion—Itoohadplainlyheardthedead. Tosailinsuchcompanywastomehorrible;myIbrahim,however,wasagainabsorbedindeepreflection. "Ihaveitnow!"heexclaimedatlength; thereoccurredtohim,namely,alittleverse,whichhisgrandfather,amanofexperienceandtravel,hadtaughthim,andwhichcouldgiveassistanceagainsteveryghostandspectre. Healsomaintainedthatwecould,thenextnight,preventtheunnaturalsleepwhichhadcomeuponus,byrepeatingrightferventlysentencesoutoftheKoran. 

           Thepropositionoftheoldmanpleasedmewell. Inanxiousexpectationwesawthenightsetin. Nearthecabinwasalittleroom,towhichwedeterminedtoretire. Weboredseveralholesinthedoor,largeenoughtogiveusaviewofthewholecabin;thenweshutitasfirmlyaswecouldfromwithin,andIbrahimwrotethenameoftheProphetinallfourcornersoftheroom. Thusweawaitedtheterrorsofthenight. 

           Itmightagainhavebeenabouttheeleventhhour,whenastronginclinationforsleepbegantooverpowerme.