midnight
Now , years ago , I took great pains to learn the Latin language , and on many occasions I have found it _ most useful _ , whatever you may see to the contrary in the newspaper : but seldom or never have I found it more useful than now . I saw at once that the words meant _ anoint the eyes _ , _ the ears _ , _ the tongue _ , _ the forehead _ , _ the chest _ . What would be the result of my doing this , of course I knew no more than you : but I was pretty sure that it would not do to try them all at once , and another thing I felt , that it would be better to wait till next day before trying any of them . It was past midnight now , so I went to bed : but first I locked up the box in a cupboard , for I did not want anyone to see it as yet . * * * * * Next day I woke bright and early , looked at my watch , found there was no need to think about getting up yet , and , like a wise creature , went to sleep again . I mention this , not merely by way of being jocose , but because after I went to sleep I had a dream which most likely came from the plant and certainly had to do with the box . I seemed to see a room , or to be in a room about which I only noticed that the floor was paved with mosaic in a pattern mostly red and white , that there were no pictures on the walls and no fireplace , no sashes or indeed panes in the window , and the moon was shining in very bright .