Plague takes it this language gave me the cold shudders.It scared me broad awake,and made me comprehend that I was standing on a half-inch crust,with a crater underneath.I didn't knowI had been dreaming-that is,I hadn't been allowing myself to knowit for a while back;but now-oh,dear!Deep in debt,not a cent in the world,a lovely girl's happiness or woe in my hands,and nothing in front of me but a salary which might never-oh,would never-materialize!Oh,oh,oh!I am ruined past hope!nothing can save me!