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Patricia: Give up smoking!

Trevor: Mm I used to smoke too much and I tried to give up several times but I always started smoking again a few days later. In the end I went to a hypnotist. He hypnotized me and I stopped smoking at once. I was delighted as you can imagine.

Patricia: Yes?

Trevor: That made me very interested in hypnotism and I talked to the hypnotist about it. He told me that some people could remember their past lives when they were hypnotized and he asked if I wanted to try. I didn't believe it at first but in the end I agreed. He hypnotized me and sure enough I remembered. I was a Roman soldier in Caesar's army.

Patricia: You didn't believe it at first?

Trevor: I didn't believe it before we tried the experiment. Now I'm absolutely convinced it's true.

Patricia: What do you remember?

Trevor: Oh all kinds of things but the most interesting thing I remember is the night we landed in Britain.

Patricia: You remember that?

Trevor: Oh yes. It was a terrible stormy night. There were a hundred or more of us in the boat. We were all shut in because the weather was so bad and most people were sick because it was very stuffy. There was a terrible smell of petrol I remember. Lots of men thought we should go back to France. It wasn't called 'France' then of course.

Patricia: And there was a smell of petrol?

Trevor: Yes it was terrible. The weather got worse and worse. We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was pushed up onto the sands and we climbed out. I remember jumping into the water and struggling to the beach. The water was up to my shoulders and it was a freezing night. A lot of men were killed by the cold or drowned in the storm but I managed to get ashore.

Patricia: You did?

Trevor: Yes. There were about ten survivors from our boat but even then our troubles weren't over. We found a farmhouse but it was deserted. When the people read the newspapers and knew that we were coming they were terrified. They took all their animals and all their food and ran away into the hills. Of course there were no proper roads in those days. Well we went into the house and tried to light a fire but we couldn't even do that. We always kept matches in our trousers' pockets so naturally they were all soaked. We couldn't find anything to eat except one tin of cat food. We were so hungry we broke it open with our knives and ate it. We found a tap but the water was frozen. In the end we drank rainwater from the tin. We sat very close together and tried to keep warm. We could hear wolves but we didn't have any weapons because our guns were full of seawater. By the morning the storm was over. We went on to the beach and found what was left of the boat. We managed to find some food and we hoped there was some wine too but when we opened the box all the bottles were broken.