The boarder in the bar-room rose, A pale gaunt man who lodged with Hann,“I bear,” he said, “the worst of woes,
And suffer torments no one knows, For do my best I never can Have sleep like any other man.“I have insomnia,” said he. “At times it drives me mad outright.
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Its just the same – so sleep for me. You won’t believe for three years quite I haven’t slept two hours a night.”Boss-cocky Billson softly swore, And turning from his chestnut cob.“What’s that?” he questioned from the door.“You say that you don’t sleep no more Than two hours? I pay thirty bob. Now, mister, do you want a job?”
