Sentence:  I opened my eyes, I rubbed them, and found I was not asleep but thoroughly awake. Nevertheless, I felt my head and breast to satisfy myself whether it was I myself who was there or some empty <WSD>delusive</WSD> phantom; but touch, feeling, the collected thoughts that passed through my mind, all convinced me that I was the same then and there that I am this moment. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.