your mind in a split second-the subconsciousness makes its own time. It is a common experience. A
door slams, or there is some other abrupt and violent sound. It awakens the sleeper. When he is fully
awake he has recollection of some singularly vivid dream which ended with a loud noise. In reality, his
dream began with the noise. The dream may have seemed to him to have taken hours. It was, in fact,
almost instantaneous, taking place in the brief moment between noise and awakening."
She drew a deep breath; her eyes lost some of their agony. I pressed my advantage.
"And there is another thing you must remember-your condition. It makes many women peculiarly
subject to realistic dreams, usually of an unpleasant character. Sometimes even to hallucinations."
She whispered: "That is true. When little Mollie was coming I had the most dreadful dreams-"
She hesitated; I saw doubt again cloud her face.