“Is this a game you are working?”
“I swear I am not.”
“Let’s try again. We’ll both watch.”
“All right.”
The captain got in his berth and the mate stretched on the floor, and fully five minutes passed. Finally the captain demanded:
“Well, old man, have you been asleep?”
“No.”
“Then you didn’t hear it?”
“No.”
“Neither did I, so you see you’ve been fooled or you’ve been dreaming yourself.”