I forced myself, therefore, to sup and to slumber, resorting for the first time in many years to the stimulus of brandy for the one purpose, and to the aid of authypnotism for the other.

When I woke it was 8h.

by my chronometer, and, as I inferred, about 5h.

after midnight of the Martial meridian on which I lay.

Sleep had given me an appetite for breakfast, and necessary practical employment calmed the excitement natural to my situation.