it were. I read all the reports, of course" (his tone was profoundly reverent), "and I will not trespass upon sacred things. But at first there was a blank, was there not?"
Professor Higginson put on his lecturing tone. "We are using technical terms, my dear sir," he said in a somewhat superior manner, "indeed, highly technical terms. Primary consciousness I certainly lost. I think I may go so far as to say that I am unaware of any action of secondary consciousness." Mr. Kirby still nodded gravely, following every word. "But subliminal consciousness is a very different matter! That, my dear sir," continued the Professor, smiling awkwardly, "is my own department as it were. Now the subliminal consciousness is peculiarly active in dreams, and I certainly did have a very vivid dream."
"But if your memory was wrong," said Mr. Kirby with a calculatedly puzzled look, "I mean if your memory failed about it"
The Professor shook his head impatiently.
"You don't understand," he said. "Please let us be clear. There's no question of memory at all."
"Not at all, not at all," said Mr. Kirby politely, "only a dream."
