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It is wonderful , however , what intellectual recuperative power lunatics have , for within a few minutes he stood up quite calmly and looked around him . I signalled to the attendants not to hold him , for I was anxious to see what he would do . He went straight over to the window and brushed out the crumbs of sugar ; then he took his fly - box , and emptied it outside , and threw away the box ; then he shut the window , and crossing over , sat down on his bed . All this surprised me , so I asked him : “ Are you not going to keep flies any more ? ” “ No , ” said he ; “ I am sick of all that rubbish ! ” He certainly is a wonderfully interesting study . I wish I could get some glimpse of his mind or of the cause of his sudden passion . Stop ; there may be a clue after all , if we can find why to - day his paroxysms came on at high noon and at sunset . Can it be that there is a malign influence of the sun at periods which affects certain natures — as at times the moon does others ? We shall see . Telegram , Seward , London , to Van Helsing , Amsterdam . “ 4 September . — Patient still better to - day . ” Telegram , Seward , London , to Van Helsing , Amsterdam . “ 5 September . — Patient greatly improved . Good appetite ; sleeps naturally ; good spirits ; colour coming back . ” Telegram , Seward , London , to Van Helsing , Amsterdam . “ 6 September . — Terrible change for the worse . Come at once ; do not lose an hour . I hold over telegram to Holmwood till have seen you . ” CHAPTER X Letter , Dr . Seward to Hon . Arthur Holmwood . “ 6 September . “ My dear Art , — “ My news to - day is not so good . Lucy this morning had gone back a bit . There is , however , one good thing which has arisen from it ; Mrs . Westenra was naturally anxious concerning Lucy , and has consulted me professionally about her . I took advantage of the opportunity , and told her that my old master , Van Helsing , the great specialist , was coming to stay with me , and that I would put her in his charge conjointly with myself ; so now we can come and go without alarming her unduly , for a shock to her would mean sudden death , and this , in Lucy’s weak condition , might be disastrous to her . We are hedged in with difficulties , all of us , my poor old fellow ; but , please God , we shall come through them all right . If any need I shall write , so that , if you do not hear from me , take it for granted that I am simply waiting for news . In haste Yours ever , “ John Seward . ” Dr . Seward’s Diary . 7 September . — The first thing Van Helsing said to me when we met at Liverpool Street was : — “ Have you said anything to our young friend the lover of her ? ” “ No , ” I said . “ I waited till I had seen you , as I said in my telegram . I wrote him a letter simply telling him that you were coming , as Miss Westenra was not so well , and that I should let him know if need be . ”
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