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376-January 13th Tuesday

Today, for the second night in a row, I stayed awake to see Lady Macbeth apparently sleepwalk. The Gentlewoman, who also looks after Lady Macbeth, had told me of times that she had seen the Queen carry out this strange behaviour. I haven't yet had the luck to observe this yet, but I think I'll give it one more night. But if this sleepwalking account were true then it wouldn't surprise me because recently the queen has been getting more and more distant from the king, and she has also been acting very peculiar most recently, as if she is trying to keep something from me. Usually, if there was anything wrong with her she would tell me, as I am her doctor, she would trust me and reveal what is wrong. I haven't any idea what she is trying to hide, but I have heard many rumours.

For example, I have heard that the murder of MacDuff's dear wife and loved child, were brutally murdered by the King, and that the murders of Duncan and Banquo, were also engineered by MacBeth, as maybe he thought they stood in his way of becoming King.

January 14th Wednesday

I have just witnessed what I never thought I would witness in my whole existence. Seeing someone sleepwalk is frightening enough, but seeing someone that is senior and superior to you sleepwalk is absolutely shocking. When I first began my night's watch I didn't believe for 1 second that I would observe Lady Macbeth sleepwalk. When she first staggered into the dark room, it suddenly filled with light, causing large shadows all around us, as the queen has requested that a taper must be by her side at all times. I do not know why this is, it could be that she is afraid of the dark, or that she feels that a candle will scare away the evil spirits that arise at night. I first thought that Lady Macbeth was awake, but I soon realised that she was a sleep because of the lifeless, blank glare on her face.
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This came as a surprise to me because I never thought I would see her like this. I feel that I will be seeing her in a different light after this incident as she wouldn't struck me as a person who would do such things.

She spoke some random meaningless words, such as 'Hell is murky', and 'soldier', which had no meaning to me, but obviously disturbing her mind.

The one she said which stunned me the most was 'who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?'. There ...

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