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Chasing an errant swarm of bees is nothing to following a naked lunatic , when the fit of escaping is upon him ! After a few minutes , however , I could see that he did not take note of anything around him , and so ventured to draw nearer to him — the more so as my men had now crossed the wall and were closing him in . I heard him say : — “ I am here to do Your bidding , Master . I am Your slave , and You will reward me , for I shall be faithful . I have worshipped You long and afar off . Now that You are near , I await Your commands , and You will not pass me by , will You , dear Master , in Your distribution of good things ? ” He is a selfish old beggar anyhow . He thinks of the loaves and fishes even when he believes he is in a Real Presence . His manias make a startling combination . When we closed in on him he fought like a tiger . He is immensely strong , for he was more like a wild beast than a man . I never saw a lunatic in such a paroxysm of rage before ; and I hope I shall not again . It is a mercy that we have found out his strength and his danger in good time . With strength and determination like his , he might have done wild work before he was caged . He is safe now at any rate . Jack Sheppard himself couldn’t get free from the strait - waistcoat that keeps him restrained , and he’s chained to the wall in the padded room . His cries are at times awful , but the silences that follow are more deadly still , for he means murder in every turn and movement . Just now he spoke coherent words for the first time : — “ I shall be patient , Master . It is coming — coming — coming ! ” So I took the hint , and came too . I was too excited to sleep , but this diary has quieted me , and I feel I shall get some sleep to - night . CHAPTER IX Letter , Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra . “ Buda - Pesth , 24 August . “ My dearest Lucy , — “ I know you will be anxious to hear all that has happened since we parted at the railway station at Whitby . Well , my dear , I got to Hull all right , and caught the boat to Hamburg , and then the train on here . I feel that I can hardly recall anything of the journey , except that I knew I was coming to Jonathan , and , that as I should have to do some nursing , I had better get all the sleep I could . . . . I found my dear one , oh , so thin and pale and weak - looking . All the resolution has gone out of his dear eyes , and that quiet dignity which I told you was in his face has vanished . He is only a wreck of himself , and he does not remember anything that has happened to him for a long time past . At least , he wants me to believe so , and I shall never ask .
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