“Yes, pills of all sizes and of all colors. Never fear, it won’t be hard; but that isn’t all.”
“What else shall I do?”
“You must be able to sleep when you choose, and to play the sleep-walker when you please.”
“Oh! as to sleeping, I can do that all right!”
“When you are asleep, you must answer the questions that are asked you.”
“How do you expect me to answer questions when I am asleep?”
“Why, you will pretend to be asleep, my boy; I will explain all that to you. Oh! that is one of the principal branches of my business.”
“When you put people to sleep?”
“No, but when I make sleep-walkers talk, and when I make them give remedies to sick people.”
“One moment; I am willing to sleep, but I am not willing to give remedies or take them.—Indeed, I have been whipped at home for refusing.”