The incident which I am going to relate may appear to have existed only in my fancy.

Be that as it may, I experienced all the effects which the fullest belief is adapted to produce.

Glancing vaguely at the countenance of Watson, my attention was arrested by a convulsive motion in the eyelids.

This motion increased, till at length the eyes opened, and a glance, languid but wild, was thrown around.

Instantly they closed, and the tremulous appearance vanished.
I started from my place and was on the point of uttering some involuntary exclamation.