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           NeverthelessIdidmanagetodowithoutwater,aswellasfood,duringmyten-days’bouts.Ifounditanintolerablenuisance,inthedeepsofdreamacrossspaceandtime,tobehaledbacktothesordidpresentbyadespicableprisondoctorpressingwatertomylips.SoIwarnedDoctorJackson,first,thatIintendeddoingwithoutwaterwhileinthejacket;andnext,thatIwouldresistanyeffortstocompelmetodrink.

           Ofcoursewehadourlittlestruggle;butafterseveralattemptsDoctorJacksongaveitup.ThereafterthespaceoccupiedinDarrellStanding’slifebyajacket-boutwasscarcelymorethanafewticksoftheclock.ImmediatelyIwaslacedIdevotedmyselftoinducingthelittledeath.Frompracticeitbecamesimpleandeasy.IsuspendedanimationandconsciousnesssoquicklythatIescapedthereallyterriblesufferingconsequentuponsuspendingcirculation.Mostquicklycamethedark.AndthenextI,DarrellStanding,knewwasthelightagain,thefacesbendingovermeasIwasunlaced,andtheknowledgethattendayshadpassedinthetwinklingofaneye.