The Snake and Mirror

Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body , A full blooded cobra all of us fell sell silent . the question came from the homeopath . the topic came up when we were discussing snakes. we listened attentiviy as the doctor continued with his tale ti was a hot summer night about ten clock i had my meal at the restaurant and  retuned to my room.

I heard a noise from above as I opened the door. The sound was a familiar one . One could say that the rats and i shared the rood I took out my box of matches and lighted the kerosene and the table. I took off my black coat white shirt and not sowhite vest and hung them up I opened the two windows in the room. it was an outer room with one facing the open yard. it had a tiled roof with long supporting gables that rested on the beam oves the wall. there was no ceiling there was a regular traffic of rats to and from the beam I mabe my bed verands for a little air but the wind god seemed to have taken time off. I went back into the room and sat down on the chair. I opened the box beneath the table and took out a book the materia medica . I opened it at the table on which stood the lamp and a large mirror a small comd lay besibe the mirror .One feels tempted to look into a mirror when it is near one. I took a look. In those bays i was a great admirer of beauty and I believed in making myself look handsome. I was unmarried and I was a doctor I felt i had to make my prsence felf i picked up the comd and ran it through my hair and adjusted the parting so that it looked straight and seera.