It was appointed that he should turn over and go to sleep again.

But I have appointed that he shall get up and close the window first.

That trifle will change his career entirely.

He will rise in the morning two minutes later than the chain of his life had appointed him to rise.

By consequence, thenceforth nothing will ever happen to him in accordance with the details of the old chain." He took out his watch and sat looking at it a few moments, then said: "Nikolaus has risen to close the window.