"Did they not the very same night fasten a door-bell to the head of my bed?
I never thought of it; fat Laender slept in the same room, and had fastened along the wall a string to the bell.

I awoke with the ringing.

'What the devil is that bell ?' said I, and glanced about the room, for I could not conceive what it was.

'Bell ?' asked Laender--'there is no bell here!' The ringing also ceased.

I thought I must have dreamed, or that our merry evening must have left some buzzing in my ears.