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HISTORY OF A SLEEP WALKER.
decanters, and some time afterwards returned them to him.
He carried them back to the pantry, opened the buffet
and put every thing in its place. This done, he returned
to the kitchen, took some plates and began to wipe them
carefully with a wet cloth. He then went to the fire as
if to dry the cloth, after which he began to wipe the re-
maining dishes. Having finished this business he return-
ed to the buffet, laid a napkin and a cloth in a basket,
took up a smaller basket and carried it to a table on which
a candle was generally kept burning. There, as if assisted
by the light, he selected a spoon, knife and fork, and car-
ried back the smallest basket to the buffet which he
locked.
Having collected all he had taken out, be carried it
into the anti-chamber, set it down in a chair, took a
small oval table on which his mistress used to eat, and
laid the cloth with the utmost neatness. It should be
observed that when he was seeking this table, though ho
laid his hand upon others which stood in the same place
and were nearly of the same form, he did not take them.
Having laid the cloth, he walked about, blew his nose,
and pulled out his snuff-box a second time, but did not
attempt to take a pinch, as if he recollected, after two full
hours, the disappointment he had before experienced. He
emptied what was in it into his hand» Here the scene
finished ; a little water was thrown on his face, which was
one of the means of awaking him.
The next day, before Negritti or any other person in
the house was gone to bed, the marquis, as usual, had
company in his apartment; as there were not chairs suf-
ficient for the increasing numbers of the company, more
were ordered to be brought. Negritti overcome with
drowsiness, had fallen asleep and after a short repose,
being roused by the order, he started up, blew his nose,
took snuff, went to an apartment up stairs to look for
chairs
HISTORY OF A SLEEP WALKER.
decanters, and some time afterwards returned them to him.
He carried them back to the pantry, opened the buffet
and put every thing in its place. This done, he returned
to the kitchen, took some plates and began to wipe them
carefully with a wet cloth. He then went to the fire as
if to dry the cloth, after which he began to wipe the re-
maining dishes. Having finished this business he return-
ed to the buffet, laid a napkin and a cloth in a basket,
took up a smaller basket and carried it to a table on which
a candle was generally kept burning. There, as if assisted
by the light, he selected a spoon, knife and fork, and car-
ried back the smallest basket to the buffet which he
locked.
Having collected all he had taken out, be carried it
into the anti-chamber, set it down in a chair, took a
small oval table on which his mistress used to eat, and
laid the cloth with the utmost neatness. It should be
observed that when he was seeking this table, though ho
laid his hand upon others which stood in the same place
and were nearly of the same form, he did not take them.
Having laid the cloth, he walked about, blew his nose,
and pulled out his snuff-box a second time, but did not
attempt to take a pinch, as if he recollected, after two full
hours, the disappointment he had before experienced. He
emptied what was in it into his hand» Here the scene
finished ; a little water was thrown on his face, which was
one of the means of awaking him.
The next day, before Negritti or any other person in
the house was gone to bed, the marquis, as usual, had
company in his apartment; as there were not chairs suf-
ficient for the increasing numbers of the company, more
were ordered to be brought. Negritti overcome with
drowsiness, had fallen asleep and after a short repose,
being roused by the order, he started up, blew his nose,
took snuff, went to an apartment up stairs to look for
chairs