Digital heart book

For some while I was so extremely pleased with
these particulars that I thought I could never be weary
of beholding them: then dropped of a sudden into a
causeless sadness; and then, with the same swiftness
and spontaneity, arrived at the conclusion that I was
drunk and had better get to bed.
It was but a step or two to my hotel, where I got my
lighted candle from the porter, and mounted the four
flights to my own room. Although I could not deny that
I was drunk, I was at the same time lucidly rational
and practical. I had but one preoccupation--to be up
in time on the morrow for my work; and when I observed
the clock on my chimney-piece to have stopped, I
decided to go down-stairs again and give directions to
the porter. Leaving the candle burning and my door
open, to be a guide to me on my return, I set forth
accordingly. The house was quite dark; but as there
were only the three doors on each landing, it was
impossible to wander, and I had nothing to do but
descend the stairs until I saw the glimmer of the
porter's night-light.


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