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Chapter 64

           Thereshesat,intentuponhergame,coughingnowandtheninasubduedmannerasifshefearedtodisturbhimshufflingthecards,cutting,dealing,playing,counting,pegginggoingthroughallthemysteriesofcribbageasifshehadbeeninfullpracticefromhercradle!MrSwivellercontemplatedthesethingsforashorttime,andsufferingthecurtaintofallintoitsformerposition,laidhisheadonthepillowagain.

           ‘I’mdreaming,’thoughtRichard,‘that’sclear.WhenIwenttobed,myhandswerenotmadeofegg-shells;andnowIcanalmostseethrough‘em.Ifthisisnotadream,Ihavewokeup,bymistake,inanArabianNight,insteadofaLondonone.ButIhavenodoubtI’masleep.Nottheleast.’

           Herethesmallservanthadanothercough.

           ‘Veryremarkable!’thoughtMrSwiveller.‘Ineverdreamtsucharealcoughasthatbefore.Idon’tknow,indeed,thatIeverdreamteitheracoughorasneeze.Perhapsit’spartofthephilosophyofdreamsthatoneneverdoes.There’sanotherandanotherIsay!I’mdreamingratherfast!’

           Forthepurposeoftestinghisrealcondition,MrSwiveller,aftersomereflection,pinchedhimselfinthearm.

           ‘Queererstill!’hethought.‘Icametobedratherplumpthanotherwise,andnowthere’snothingtolayholdof.I’lltakeanothersurvey.’

           Theresultofthisadditionalinspectionwas,toconvinceMrSwivellerthattheobjectsbywhichhewassurroundedwerereal,andthathesawthem,beyondallquestion,withhiswakingeyes.

           ‘It’sanArabianNight;that’swhatitis,’saidRichard.‘I’minDamascusorGrandCairo.

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