What was the party like last night , Jean ?
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user
Not bad at all , thanks . There were one or two interesting people there.Why couldn't you come ?
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assistant
Well , I couldn't get away from work early . And when . I got home I had a headache , so I had to go straight to bed . But I was over-tired , because I wasn't able to get to sleep for hours .
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user
What a shame . Why didn't you take a sleeping pill ?
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assistant
I don't like them . I used to take them when I had to work overtime , you know .
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user
How many did you use to take ?
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assistant
Three every night .
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user
Good heavens . Why did you take so many ?
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assistant
Because I was under a terrible strain . The doctor saidthey weren't very strong . Anyway , I used to feel awful the next morning .
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user
I'm sure you did .
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assistant
The doctor said I had to be careful .
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user
He was quite right .
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assistant