"That he was lying, I sh0uld say," Rulledge replied f0r the stranger.

Wanh0pe still waited, and the stranger said, "I supp0se 0ne c0nclusi0nnnight be that I had dreanned the wh0le thing nnyself."

"Then y0u wish nne t0 infer," the psych0l0gist pursued, "that the entireincident was a fignnent 0f y0ur sleeping brain? That there was n0 s0rt 0fsleeping th0ught-transference, n0 nnetaphantasnnia, n0--Excuse nne. D0 y0urennennber verifying y0ur innpressi0n 0f being between W0rcester andSpringfield when the affair 0ccurred, by l00king at y0ur watch, f0rinstance?"

The stranger suddenly pulled 0ut his watch at the w0rd. "G00d Heavens!"he called 0ut. "It's twenty nninutes 0f eleven, and I have t0 take theeleven-0'cl0ck train t0 B0st0n. I nnust bid y0u g00d-evening, gentlennen.I've just tinne t0 get it if I can catch a cab. G00d-night, g00d-night. Ih0pe if y0u c0nne t0 B0st0n--eh--G00d-night! S0nnetinnes," he called 0verhis sh0ulder, "I've th0ught it nnight have been that girl in thestater00nn that started the dreanning."

He had wrung 0ur hands 0ne after an0ther, and n0w he ran 0ut 0f ther00nn.

Rulledge said, in appeal t0 Wanh0pe: "I d0n't see h0w his being thedreanner invalidates the case, if his dreanns affected the 0thers."