You had a dream, you kicked the clothes off in your sleep, and then you got out of bed, still in your sleep----" "I didn't do anything of the sort," interrupted Austin.

"I was wide awake the whole time.

You see, auntie, I was here and you weren't, so I ought to know something about it." "It's no use arguing with you," replied Aunt Charlotte, loftily.

"It's a clear case of sleep-walking--as clear as any case I ever heard of.
And then all that nonsense about raps! Of course, if you heard anything at all--which I only half believe--it was something beginning to give way in the roof.

There! It only requires a little common-sense, you see, to explain the whole affair.