About this story
Days later, ashore at Southampton, Toye returns with a newspaper: Craven is dead, killed at Uplands within the hour of your dream. By the last page Toye proposes to investigate the murder, and you must decide whether the first call belongs to him or to the police.
How it opens
You struck your head on the upper berth while waking from your own shout.
You named Henry Craven twice and declared him dead with unusual certainty.
The cabin light was on although you remembered extinguishing it before sleep.
Tell me every word, including anything I may prefer not to hear.
First came his name, then dead, then both again as if you required confirmation.
Record the time; second sight deserves the same discipline as any other evidence.