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CHAPTER 7: Dr. Seward's Most Interesting Patient

As a doctor, the recently rejected John Seward knew that one of the best cures for hearbreak was work. Yes, that's what he would do: throw himself into his work at the lunatic asylum. One patient in paticular was so intereting that he would provide the perfect distraction.

The patient's name was R. M. Renfield, and he was a most unusual lunatic. he had great physical strength and his moods swung wildly, from periods of great gloom to incredible excitement. He was selfish, secretive, and seemed to have a strange hidden purpose. Dr. Seward was determined to discover it.

Renfield's only good quality, or so it seemed, was his love of animals, including even such despised creatures as flies and spiders. Renfield lured so many of them into his room through his window, that Dr. Seward had to draw the line.

"You must get rid of the bugs," he said, gently.

Surprisingly, Renfield agreed. In fact, when a particularly fat fly flew by at just a moment, Renfield decided to get rid of it right then and there. Catching the fly, he put it between his fingure and thumb and, before Dr. Seward could stop him, ate the bug.

Disgusted, Dr.Seward scolded Renfield for what he had done. Renfield, however, replied that the bugs were alive and therefore when he ate them, they gave thet life to him. Days later, Dr. Seward saw with some pity that Renfield had a new pet, a chubby sparrow probably lured in by the few remaining bugs. Indeed, Renfiels ate that sparrow, too. The doctor was certain he had gone too far when he asked next for a cat.

"Absolutely not," Dr. Seward replied.

One night Dr. Seward went to interview Renfield, but he was not in the mood to talk. Excited and distracted, all he was say was, "ah, yes, finally, the Master is at hand, the Master is at hand."

Later that night the attendant came to awake dr. Seward. Renfield had excaped, going out his hospital window. Dr. Seward threw on his clothes immediately. Renfiled was far too dangerous to be roaming freely about.

Once he was outside, Dr. Seward saw Renfield scaling a wall in the distance, running toward Carfax, a nearby estate. After going over the wall himslef, Dr. Seward spotted Renfield at the door to the part of the house that  had once been a chapel. As Dr. Seward grew closer, he could hear the following:

"I am here, Master. Now that you are near, I await your commands."

The attendant caught up with him and, toghether, the two men grabbed Renfiled, who fought like a tiger, more beast than man. Eventually they got him back to the asylum.

"I shall be patient, Master," was the last thing they heard before they closed the door to the cell. "You are coming!"

After his escape, Renfield remained in a strange state. He was incredibly violent all day, and then extremly quiet from moonrise to sunrise. A few days later, the patient escaped again, running straight back to Carfax and pressing himdelf once more against the chapel door.

Renfield struggled as they caught him, only calming down upon spotting somethinng in the distance, Turning to look, Dr. Seward saw a big bat flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west.