Historical dream account · French · original text

Asking for the name of the ruined castle

Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys

Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (1867) · Part III-IV; printed pages 318; normalized source paragraphs 35; Wikisource revision 5569465

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« Je crois m’entretenir avec une personne que j’ai rencontrée jadis dans une ville d’eaux et je la prie de m’aider à retrouver le nom d’un château en ruines très pittoresque autour duquel nous avons été ensemble nous promener. Elle ne se souvient de rien. Je lui rappelle plusieurs particularités capables de raviver ses souvenirs. Elle persiste à ne savoir ce que je veux dire, ou bien me cite des noms étrangers à celui que je cherche ; et, moi, je m’impatiente et je m’irrite, ne comprenant pas comment, à l’aide d’indications aussi précises, elle ne parvient pas à me renseigner sur ce que je lui demande. »

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Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys, Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (Paris: Amyot,1867), part III-IV, pp.318. Original French, Wikisource transcription revision 5569465.

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Part III-IV; printed pages 318; normalized source paragraphs 35; Wikisource revision 5569465

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