But both of them got gradually quieted down, and slept, one an honest man, and the other a rascal, and for an hour or more they kept it up, until Kanoffskie again fell into a nightmare.
Barnwell was awakened.
"Help! help! Take him away!" cried Kanoffskie, in his sleep. "No, no! do not let him drag me down to that pit! I know it, I know it, but do not let him drag me down! I repent!"
And much more he said that Barnwell was perforce obliged to listen to, and of course he could not sleep.
But the night went on, and finally the doctor awoke.
He glared wildly around.
"Have you slept all night?" was the first question he asked, looking at Barnwell.
"No, doctor; you kept me awake."
"In what way?"
"You were talking in your sleep, sir."