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In my room I felt as though it was
a century or more earlier than 1971.
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- You understand?
- Yes, sir.
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So, in other words then,
the location is very important.
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Not only important, but essential.
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The rest is here.
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One afternoon I...
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I was lying down in that room,
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all the sights around me a part of the past,
even the sounds I heard.
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And I conceived a notion.
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"What", I asked myself,
"if I attempt to hypnotise my mind,
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suggest to it that it isn't 1971 but 1571?"
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I closed my eyes and fed
a suggestion into my brain.
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"It's August, 1571."
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"I am in the Hotel del Vecchio."
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And I spelled out the details for myself
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and did it over and over
and again and again and again.
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And?
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Well, I'll never really know, Richard.
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I've never done it since.
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And I'm not sure I'd want to do it again.
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I felt exhausted afterwards.
Completely washed out.
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And if it really did happen,
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I was only there a fraction of an instant,
remember, a flicker.
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Yes, sir, I understand that,
but you were there.
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I thought so.
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It was imperfect, granted.
How would it be otherwise?
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There were objects around me
that were clearly from the present,
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and I knew they were there.