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The latter I believed to be the easier method of death ; and I thought of the Little Sea down where we washed the sheep and had begun to go in swimming on warm days . There was water enough there in the deepest place ; -- and once in , it would soon be over ! As the hours of the night dragged by , I began to take a morbid pleasure in thinking about it , as if I had fully decided the question . I really believed that I had as good as decided to drown myself ; and when at length we were called at five o'clock , I rose to dress in a very unhealthy frame of mind . `` What 's the matter with you ? '' exclaimed Halstead , as we were putting on our shoes . `` Nothing , '' said I , heavily .