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HISTORY OF A SLEEP WALKER. 17
the anti-chamber and went to the door of the dining-room,
to light as usual the company who were coming out of it;
then laid the cloth for his mistress, in the same manner
as before, but with this particular circumstance, that he
did not look for the little table in the anti-chamber, but
in a back room to which he knew it had been removed.
After this he went into the kitchen, took some nuts which
had been put aside for him, cracked them with his teeth
and began to eat them. Meanwhile some person stopped
the key-hole in the lock of the buffet, which he would
have to open in order to put up the table cloth. He soon
went to it for that purpose, and finding some obstacle
which he imagined was occasioned by the hollow of the
key, he struck it against the floor, to get out the dirt,
which he supposed to be in it. Still finding the same
resistance, he went and looked for a small piece of stick
which he put several times into the pipe of the key. Du-
ring this operation the obstacle was removed from the
lock, and he opened the buffet.
He then returned to the kitcken, where he called the
cook by his name, asked him for a pinch of snuff, and
requested that he would lend him a dadeici (a small piece
of money) saying he could not live without a glass of good
wine. He promised to repay it at the end of the week,
when he had a month’s wages to receive. The cook ac-
cordingly lent it to him. He put it into his pocket, went
into the anti-chamber, approached the chair on which
the valet usually sat, and asked him if he would go and
drink with him. Supposing that he refused, he pressed
him in various ways, either by words or signs, always
speaking very low, as if that the other servants might
not hear him. At length conceiving that he had succeed-
ed in his persuasions, he took the way towards the public-
house, where he called for twice the usual quantity of
wine. When it was brought he filled a glass, presented
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the anti-chamber and went to the door of the dining-room,
to light as usual the company who were coming out of it;
then laid the cloth for his mistress, in the same manner
as before, but with this particular circumstance, that he
did not look for the little table in the anti-chamber, but
in a back room to which he knew it had been removed.
After this he went into the kitchen, took some nuts which
had been put aside for him, cracked them with his teeth
and began to eat them. Meanwhile some person stopped
the key-hole in the lock of the buffet, which he would
have to open in order to put up the table cloth. He soon
went to it for that purpose, and finding some obstacle
which he imagined was occasioned by the hollow of the
key, he struck it against the floor, to get out the dirt,
which he supposed to be in it. Still finding the same
resistance, he went and looked for a small piece of stick
which he put several times into the pipe of the key. Du-
ring this operation the obstacle was removed from the
lock, and he opened the buffet.
He then returned to the kitcken, where he called the
cook by his name, asked him for a pinch of snuff, and
requested that he would lend him a dadeici (a small piece
of money) saying he could not live without a glass of good
wine. He promised to repay it at the end of the week,
when he had a month’s wages to receive. The cook ac-
cordingly lent it to him. He put it into his pocket, went
into the anti-chamber, approached the chair on which
the valet usually sat, and asked him if he would go and
drink with him. Supposing that he refused, he pressed
him in various ways, either by words or signs, always
speaking very low, as if that the other servants might
not hear him. At length conceiving that he had succeed-
ed in his persuasions, he took the way towards the public-
house, where he called for twice the usual quantity of
wine. When it was brought he filled a glass, presented
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