Note 2 — REMY DE GOURMONT (continued 3)

See in a dream related by Maury (Le Sommeil et les Rêves) the word jardin causing the dreamer to visit Persia, then to read L'Ane mort (Jardin, Chardin, Janin); and in another dream, the syllable lo conducting the mind from the word kilomètre to loto, viâ Gilolo, lobélia, Lopez. However, the poet (by reason of rhyme or alliteration) experiences similar associations, but he must have the ability to render them logical, a thing which rarely happens in dreams pure and simple. Victor Hugo, a veritable incarnation of the Subconscious, rioted in these associations, which were at first involuntary.