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“ Come , ” I said sternly , “ no more of this ; we have had quite enough already . Get to your bed and try to behave more discreetly . ” He suddenly stopped and looked at me intently for several moments . Then , without a word , he rose and moving over , sat down on the side of the bed . The collapse had come , as on former occasion , just as I had expected . When I was leaving the room , last of our party , he said to me in a quiet , well - bred voice : — “ You will , I trust , Dr . Seward , do me the justice to bear in mind , later on , that I did what I could to convince you to - night . ” CHAPTER XIX JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL 1 October , 5 a . m . — I went with the party to the search with an easy mind , for I think I never saw Mina so absolutely strong and well . I am so glad that she consented to hold back and let us men do the work . Somehow , it was a dread to me that she was in this fearful business at all ; but now that her work is done , and that it is due to her energy and brains and foresight that the whole story is put together in such a way that every point tells , she may well feel that her part is finished , and that she can henceforth leave the rest to us . We were , I think , all a little upset by the scene with Mr . Renfield . When we came away from his room we were silent till we got back to the study . Then Mr . Morris said to Dr . Seward : — “ Say , Jack , if that man wasn’t attempting a bluff , he is about the sanest lunatic I ever saw . I’m not sure , but I believe that he had some serious purpose , and if he had , it was pretty rough on him not to get a chance . ” Lord Godalming and I were silent , but Dr . Van Helsing added : — “ Friend John , you know more of lunatics than I do , and I’m glad of it , for I fear that if it had been to me to decide I would before that last hysterical outburst have given him free . But we live and learn , and in our present task we must take no chance , as my friend Quincey would say . All is best as they are . ” Dr . Seward seemed to answer them both in a dreamy kind of way : — “ I don’t know but that I agree with you . If that man had been an ordinary lunatic I would have taken my chance of trusting him ; but he seems so mixed up with the Count in an indexy kind of way that I am afraid of doing anything wrong by helping his fads . I can’t forget how he prayed with almost equal fervour for a cat , and then tried to tear my throat out with his teeth . Besides , he called the Count ‘ lord and master , ’ and he may want to get out to help him in some diabolical way .
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