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HISTORY OF A SLEEP WALKER. 13
ladies and gentlemen whom he imagined to be going
away, he extinguished the light, quickly ascended the
stairs and laid the bougie in its place. This action he re-
peated three times the same evening.
Going out of the anti-chamber he went into the pantry,
felt in his pocketfor the key of the buffet, and not finding
it, he called by his name the servant to whom his master
had ordered him to deliver it before he went to bed. It
was brought him. He opened the buffet, and taking out
a silver salver, placed upon it four decanters and went to
the kitchen, apparently with the intention of filling them
with water. He, however, brought them back empty
and proceeded up stairs, when he had ascended half way
he placed all he held on a kind of post and going higher
up, knocked at a door. As it was not opened he went
down stairs again, called the valet de chambre, and having
asked him some questions, ran up stairs again in a hurry,
and striking the salver with his elbow, threw it down and
broke the decanters. He knocked a second time at the
same door but to no purpose ; he then went down again,
taking up the salver as he passed. Returning to the pan-
try he left it on a small table, on which he went into the
kitchen, where having taken a bucket, he went to the.
well to fill it with water and carried it back to the kitchen.
He again took up the salver, and not finding the de-
canters, he flew into a passion, saying that they must be
there, for he had put them there, and asking first one
and then another whether they had taken them away. At
length, after looking about for them, he again opened
the buffet, took two others, rinsed them, filled them with
water and set them upon the salver. He then carried the
whole to the anti-chamber, and went to the door of the
dining-room, where, as he was accustomed to do when
awake, he delivered them to the valet de chambre, being
himself forbidden to enter. The valet took the salver and
decanters
ladies and gentlemen whom he imagined to be going
away, he extinguished the light, quickly ascended the
stairs and laid the bougie in its place. This action he re-
peated three times the same evening.
Going out of the anti-chamber he went into the pantry,
felt in his pocketfor the key of the buffet, and not finding
it, he called by his name the servant to whom his master
had ordered him to deliver it before he went to bed. It
was brought him. He opened the buffet, and taking out
a silver salver, placed upon it four decanters and went to
the kitchen, apparently with the intention of filling them
with water. He, however, brought them back empty
and proceeded up stairs, when he had ascended half way
he placed all he held on a kind of post and going higher
up, knocked at a door. As it was not opened he went
down stairs again, called the valet de chambre, and having
asked him some questions, ran up stairs again in a hurry,
and striking the salver with his elbow, threw it down and
broke the decanters. He knocked a second time at the
same door but to no purpose ; he then went down again,
taking up the salver as he passed. Returning to the pan-
try he left it on a small table, on which he went into the
kitchen, where having taken a bucket, he went to the.
well to fill it with water and carried it back to the kitchen.
He again took up the salver, and not finding the de-
canters, he flew into a passion, saying that they must be
there, for he had put them there, and asking first one
and then another whether they had taken them away. At
length, after looking about for them, he again opened
the buffet, took two others, rinsed them, filled them with
water and set them upon the salver. He then carried the
whole to the anti-chamber, and went to the door of the
dining-room, where, as he was accustomed to do when
awake, he delivered them to the valet de chambre, being
himself forbidden to enter. The valet took the salver and
decanters