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Dr. Seward’s Diary

           Itwasevidentthathewasundergoingsomeprocessofmentaldisturbance,andknowinghowhispastmoodshadinterpretedthingsseeminglyforeigntohimself,IthoughtIwouldenterintohismindaswellasIcouldandgowithhim. 

           Thefirststepwastorestoreconfidence,soIaskedhim,speakingprettyloudsothathewouldhearmethroughhisclosedears, "Wouldyoulikesomesugartogetyourfliesaroundagain?" 

           Heseemedtowakeupallatonce,andshookhishead.Withalaughhereplied, "Notmuch!Fliesarepoorthings,afterall!" Afterapauseheadded, "ButIdon’twanttheirsoulsbuzzingroundme,allthesame." 

           "Orspiders?"Iwenton. 

           "Blowspiders! What’stheuseofspiders? Thereisn’tanythinginthemtoeator..." Hestoppedsuddenlyasthoughremindedofaforbiddentopic. 

           "So,so!"Ithoughttomyself,"thisisthesecondtimehehassuddenlystoppedattheword‘drink’. Whatdoesitmean?" 

           Renfieldseemedhimselfawareofhavingmadealapse,forhehurriedon,asthoughtodistractmyattentionfromit, "Idon’ttakeanystockatallinsuchmatters. ‘Ratsandmiceandsuchsmalldeer,’asShakespearehasit,‘chickenfeedofthelarder’theymightbecalled. I’mpastallthatsortofnonsense. Youmightaswellaskamantoeatmoleculeswithapairofchopsticks,astotrytointerestmeaboutthelesscarnivora,whenIknowofwhatisbeforeme." 

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