The Summary

The story under analysis deals with an episode from the life on docks. One of the Jackob`s favorable narrators, the Night Watchman tells about the dream that has come true. 

Once he is aboard with a cook who is a real fibber. The cook happens to dream about Bill Foster break his leg and in a few days that comes true. This occasion provides the cook with the opportunity to lie about his ability to see the future in his dreams. He uses each chance to assure everyone that his dreams will be fulfilled unavoidably and even getting a good telling-off couldn`t stop him. 

At long last a young fellow Joseph Meek (who is going to marry old Bill Foster`s niece) asks the cook to have a dream that could keep him from the wedding. Few days later the cook talks at his dream in Bill`s presence. This time the dream is about the wedding and the accident that happens afterwards. The idea is to persuade Bill that Joseph and Emily will be killed in a week after the wedding. It goes without saying Bill Foster makes up his mind to cancel the wedding.

Finally they reach the shore. Seeing Emily, Joseph understands what sort of mistake he has done, but it`s impossible to turn back the clock. At home Bill tells about all cook`s dreams and Emily (who has already begun dating with another fellow) severs relations with Joseph. 

The story ends with Joseph leaving away saying that he`ll wait outside for the cook.