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A. Read this passage.
There are men I know who can wake
themselves at any time to the minute. They
say to themselves, as they lay their heads upon
the pillow, "Four-thirty", "Four-forty-five" or
"Five-fifteen", and as the clock strikes, they
open their eyes. It is really wonderful. The more
one thinks about it, the greater the mystery
grows.
What happens to a man when he wanders abou:
the house in the middle of the night, clad in
a dressing-gown and a pair of slippers, there
is no need to describe. Everything-especially
everything with a sharp corner---takes delight in
hitting him.
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In
my own case, my inner watchman is,
perhaps, somewhat out of practice. He does his
best, but he is overanxious. He worries himself,
and loses count. I say to him, maybe, “Five-
thirty, please," and he wakes me with a start at
2.30 a.m. I look at my watch. He suggests that I
forgot to wind it up. I put it to my ear; it is still
going. But the watchman is confident it is 5.30
a.m., if not a little later. To satisfy him, I put on
a pair of slippers and go downstairs to check
the dining-room clock.
I return to bed bad-tempered, and take half
an hour to get to sleep again. From four to
five my inner watchman wakes me every ten
minutes. I wish I had never said a word to him
about getting up. At 5 a.m. he goes to sleep
himself, and leaves it to someone else to wake
me up, which they do half an hour later than
usual.
Adapted from Tbree Men on the Bummel
by Jerome Jerome
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