Dreamaticus was now a successful TV programme. The viewing figures kept rising and the director had signed up famous actors to re-enact ‘the dream of the week’.

This week Rousse’s dream starred Hugh Bonneville playing Roddy McDowall playing Galen (Planet of the Apes) playing a Jane Austen-esque hero.

Every element of the dream was being recreated to Rousse’s exact specifications, and there was an intense discussion about the fireplace and the linoleum.

As I watched the filming I wondered why Rousse dreamt about Galen so often. Wasn’t this the second time this week? Then I admired Mr Bonneville’s acting. Somehow he seemed to make me see beyond the Galen mask and straight into Georgian England.