...than cats in this respect, and that selfishness is by no means an unknown failing amongst mankind. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke, I found myself on the knees of a boy, about eleven years old. This was Dicky, old Margery's grandson....

...no skies ; And he gave me to drink of a magic bowl Which brought sweet visions to gladden my soul. How long I slept I do not know, But when I awoke the sun was low, And wrote on the scroll that the clouds unrolled, In letters of crimson, in letters of...

...escape, and the long ride of the previous day, had so fatigued me that I soon sank into a deep slumber. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke the day was " about an hour by sun," and a small army of men and dogs were howling outside of my retreat,...

...myself), and had grown somewhat drowsy. I leaned back in my chair and before I knew it was fast asleep. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke there was only one person led in the room with me, and he was sitting on the opposite side of the table,...

...afternoon the station-master came hurrying along the platform, crying, 'Montez! montez! messieurs, s'il vous plait' — and the train steamed out of...in the sky. I stretched my legs, yawned, pushed my travelling-cap back from my forehead, and, stumbling to my feet, walked up and down the compartment...

...dozed, but the shaking of the car always awoke me, and I would sit blinking out at the endless stretcli of plain, until a sudden flurry of rain blotted the...in the sky. I stretched my legs, yawned, pushed my travelling-cap back from my forehead, and, stumbling to my feet, walked up and down the compartment...

...for a few minutes' rest upon the platform bed, thickly covered with skins, in the back of the igloo. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke the light in the stone lamp had nearly burned out, two women and a man were sleeping alongside me, and...

...for a few minutes' rest upon the platform bed, thickly covered with skins, in the back of the igloo. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke the light in the stone lamp had nearly burned out, two women and a man were sleeping alongside me, and...

...this island. Finding myself disposed to sleep, I withdrew into a shady place and lay down to rest. How long I slept, I do not know, but when I awoke the ship was gone, and I was left alone. My surprise and grief were extreme. At first I bemoaned my fate...

...protests would go unheard. In the end I either calmed down or lost my stamina and fell sound asleep. How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke I noticed first that my watch had stopped running, and second mat there was some bread and three portions...