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which had not reference to this subject. . . . Although her 

 eyes were open, she recognised no one in this state, not 

 even her own sister, who, it should be mentioned, had not 

 been at home at the time of her brother's last illness.' (It 

 will presently appear, however, that she was able to recog- 

 nise those who were about her during these attacks, since 

 she retained ill-feeling against one of them ; moreover, the 

 sentences which immediately follow suggest that the sense 

 of sight was not dormant.) ' It happened on one occasion, 

 that when she passed into this condition, her sister, who 

 was present, was wearing a locket containing some of their 

 deceased brother's hair. As soon as she perceived this 

 locket she made a violent snatch at it, and would not be 

 satisfied until she had got it into her possession, when she 

 began to talk to it in the most endearing and even extrava- 

 gant terms. Her feelings were so strongly excited on this 

 subject, that it was deemed prudent to check them ; and as 

 she was inaccessible to all entreaties for the relinquishment 

 of the locket, force was employed to obtain it from her. 

 She was so determined, however, not to give it up, and was 

 so angry at the gentle violence used, that it was found 

 necessary to abandon the attempt, and having become 

 calmer after a time, she passed off into ordinary sleep. 

 Before going to sleep, however, she placed the locket under 

 her pillow, remarking, " Now I have hid it safely, and they 

 shall not take it from me." On awaking in the morning she 

 had not the slightest consciousness of what had passed ; but 

 the impression of the excited feelings still remained, for she 

 remarked to her sister, ' I cannot tell what it is that makes 

 me feel so, but every time that S. comes near me I have a 

 kind of shuddering sensation ; ' the individual named being 

 a servant, whose constant attention to her had given rise to 

 a feeling of strong attachment on the side of the invalid, but 

 who had been the chief actor in the scene of the previous 

 evening. This feeling wore off in the course of a day or two, 

 A few days afterwards the somnambulism again returned ; 

 and the patient being upon her bed at the time, immediately 



