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AfterthisIwasnolongerconscious;butattimesmyrecollectionreturnedforamoment,andthenIsawthesamemanwhoisnailedtothemast,sitdownatthattable,singinganddrinking;andhewholiesnotfarfromhimonthefloor,inascarletcloak,satnearhim,andhelpedhimtodrink." Thusspokemyoldservanttome.
Youmaybelieveme,myfriends,thatallwasnotrighttomymind;fortherewasnodelusion—Itoohadplainlyheardthedead. Tosailinsuchcompanywastomehorrible;myIbrahim,however,wasagainabsorbedindeepreflection. "Ihaveitnow!"heexclaimedatlength; thereoccurredtohim,namely,alittleverse,whichhisgrandfather,amanofexperienceandtravel,hadtaughthim,andwhichcouldgiveassistanceagainsteveryghostandspectre. Healsomaintainedthatwecould,thenextnight,preventtheunnaturalsleepwhichhadcomeuponus,byrepeatingrightferventlysentencesoutoftheKoran.
Thepropositionoftheoldmanpleasedmewell. Inanxiousexpectationwesawthenightsetin. Nearthecabinwasalittleroom,towhichwedeterminedtoretire. Weboredseveralholesinthedoor,largeenoughtogiveusaviewofthewholecabin;thenweshutitasfirmlyaswecouldfromwithin,andIbrahimwrotethenameoftheProphetinallfourcornersoftheroom. Thusweawaitedtheterrorsofthenight.
Itmightagainhavebeenabouttheeleventhhour,whenastronginclinationforsleepbegantooverpowerme.
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