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Show HALLUCINATION A STRONG ONE. He Was Sure Someone Entered His Room, Although Doubly Locked. "I was lying In a hotel bedroom one jnornlng." he said, "about half awako when I heard a key rattling in the door. Much to my horror, the door opened and the maid cam in to make up the room, or at least so it seemed to me. rl called out to her to leave and she did so. All this happened in a minute or less and I fell asleep again. When I woke up I remembered the incident clearly." J "When I came to look at the door, hoyevcr, I found that it was not only locked from the Inside with the key still in, but that a bolt was also Bhot. I was sure that I had seen tho maid enter, but when I asked her later if she had, she said that she had tried the door from the outsVdo and hearing me call out had departed. As far as I can make out it must have been a very complete hallucination hallucina-tion about seeing her, called up la my mind in my sleepy condition by my fear that she might enter. I wonder won-der if that has happened to many ; "persons?" |