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Dracula

Renfield watched them go. When the door was closed he
said with considerable dignity and sweetness, ‘Dr. Seward,
you have been very considerate towards me. Believe me
that I am very, very grateful to you!’

I thought it well to leave him in this mood, and so I
came away. There is certainly something to ponder over
in this man’s state. Several points seem to make what the
American interviewer calls ‘a story,’ if one could only get
them in proper order. Here they are:

Will not mention ‘drinking.’

Fears the thought of being burdened

with the ‘soul’ of anything.

Has no dread of wanting ‘life’ in the
future.

Despises the meaner forms of life
altogether, though he dreads being haunted
by their souls.

Logically all these things point one way!
He has assurance of some kind that he will
acquire some higher life.

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