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MR. SIN, THE CARP                                                    217 knock I have given myself. I must have fallen out of bed and struck my head on the floor."

He was now thoroughly awake, but it was some time before he could realize that he was safe in his own room, so real had his experiences seemed. But he at length breathed a sigh of relief, for he knew that it was only a dream.