Thus a lady dreamed that an acquaintance wished to send a small sum of
money to a person in Ireland. She rashly offered to take it over to
Ireland. On arriving home she began to repent of her promise, as the
weather was extremely wild and cold. She proceeded, however, to make
preparations for dressing warmly, and went to consult an Irish friend, who
said she would have to be floated over to Ireland tightly jammed in a crab
basket. On returning home she fully discussed the matter with her husband,
who thought it would be folly to undertake such a journey, and she finally
relinquished it, with great relief. In this dream--the elements of which
could all be accounted for--the association between sending money and
the post-office, which would at once occur to waking consciousness, was
closed; consciousness was a prey to such suggestions as reached it,
but on the basis of those suggestions it reasoned and concluded quite
sagaciously.
Again (after looking at photographs of paintings and statuary, and also
reading about the theatre), I dreamed that I was at the theatre, and that
the performers were acting and dancing in a more or less, in some cases
completely, nude state, but with admirable propriety and grace, and very
charming effect. At first I was extremely surprised at so remarkable an
innovation; but then I reflected that the beginnings of such a movement
must have long been in progress on the stage unknown to me; and I
proceeded to rehearse the reasons which made such a movement desirable.
On another occasion, I dreamed that I was in the large _plaza_ of a
Spanish city (Pamplona possibly furnishing the elements of the picture),
and that the governor emerged from his residence facing the square and
began talking in English to the subordinate officials who were waiting
to receive him. The real reason why he talked English was, of course,
the simple one that he spoke the language native to the dreamer. But in
my dream I was extremely puzzled why he should speak English. I looked
carefully into his face to assure myself that he was not really English,
and I finally concluded that he was speaking English in order not to be
understood by the bystanders. Once more, I dreamed that I was looking at
an architectural drawing of a steeple, of quite original design, somewhat
in the shape of a cross, but very elongated. I attempted in my dream
to account for this elongation, and concluded that it was intended to
neutralise the foreshortening caused when the steeple would be looked at
from below.
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