On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36. I had been up37for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have been38in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to39. There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣)， 40a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and41downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可怜的) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者)were42.I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛) met me as I43along. It was light in all the rooms; 44was well known to me，but45were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would46? I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the47of all this? I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I48. Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as49; there were some people50pitifully. ‘‘Who is dead in the White House?” I asked.
“The president，” was the answer.
“It’s51!”I said to myself and was surprised. How did he die?”
“He was killed by an assassinator (者)!” was the answer.
“ 52came a loud burst of crying from the crowd，which woke me from my dream. I slept53that night, and although it was 54a dream I have been rather angry about it55.”
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