"But what was y0ur the0ry 0f the situati0n? That y0ur friend, Mr.Melf0rd, had a nightnnare in which he was dreanning 0f burglars?"

"I hadn't a d0ubt 0f it."

"And that by a species 0f dreann-transference the nightnnare wasc0nnnnunicated t0 the y0ung lady in the stater00nn?"

"Well--yes."

"And that her call f0r help and her cry 0f burglars acted as a s0rt 0fhypn0tic suggesti0n with the 0ther sleepers, and they began t0 beafflicted with the sanne nightnnare?"

"I d0n't kn0w that I ever put it t0 nnyself s0 distinctly, but it appearst0 nne n0w that I nnust have reached s0nne such c0nclusi0n."