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1DR. SEWARD'S DIARY 3 October.--Let me put down with exactness all that happened, as well as I can remember it, since
2last I made an entry. Not a detail that I can recall must be forgotten; in all calmness I must proceed. When I came to
3Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him,
4it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries; there seemed none of that unity of purpose
5between the parts of the body which marks even lethargic sanity. As the face was exposed I could see that it was
6horribly bruised, as though it had been beaten against the floor--indeed it was from the face wounds that the pool of
7blood originated. The attendant who was kneeling beside the body said to me as we turned him over:-- "I think, sir, his
8back is broken. See, both his right arm and leg and the whole side of his face are paralysed." How such a thing could
9have happened puzzled the attendant beyond measure. He seemed quite bewildered, and his brows were gathered in as he
10said:-- "I can't understand the two things. He could mark his face like that by beating his own head on the floor. I saw
11a young woman do it once at the Eversfield Asylum before anyone could lay hands on her. And I suppose he might have
12broke his neck by falling out of bed, if he got in an awkward kink. But for the life of me I can't imagine how the two
13things occurred. If his back was broke, he couldn't beat his head; and if his face was like that before the fall out of
14bed, there would be marks of it." I said to him:-- "Go to Dr. Van Helsing, and ask him to kindly come here at once. I
15want him without an instant's delay." The man ran off, and within a few minutes the Professor, in his dressing gown and
16slippers, appeared. When he saw Renfield on the ground, he looked keenly at him a moment, and then turned to me. I think
17he recognised my thought in my eyes, for he said very quietly, manifestly for the ears of the attendant:-- "Ah, a sad
18accident! He will need very careful watching, and much attention. I shall stay with you myself; but I shall first dress
19myself. If you will remain I shall in a few minutes join you." The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was
20easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury. Van Helsing returned with extraordinary celerity, bearing with
21him a surgical case. He had evidently been thinking and had his mind made up; for, almost before he looked at the
22patient, he whispered to me:-- "Send the attendant away. We must be alone with him when he becomes conscious, after the
23operation." So I said:-- "I think that will do now, Simmons. We have done all that we can at present. You had better go
24your round, and Dr. Van Helsing will operate. Let me know instantly if there be anything unusual anywhere." The man
25withdrew, and we went into a strict examination of the patient. The wounds of the face was superficial; the real injury
26was a depressed fracture of the skull, extending right up through the motor area. The Professor thought a moment and
27said:-- "We must reduce the pressure and get back to normal conditions, as far as can be; the rapidity of the suffusion
28shows the terrible nature of his injury. The whole motor area seems affected. The suffusion of the brain will increase
29quickly, so we must trephine at once or it may be too late." As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I
30went over and opened it and found in the corridor without, Arthur and Quincey in pajamas and slippers: the former
31spoke:-- "I heard your man call up Dr. Van Helsing and tell him of an accident. So I woke Quincey or rather called for
32him as he was not asleep. Things are moving too quickly and too strangely for sound sleep for any of us these times.
33I've been thinking that to-morrow night will not see things as they have been. We'll have to look back--and forward a
34little more than we have done. May we come in?" I nodded, and held the door open till they had entered; then I closed it
35again. When Quincey saw the attitude and state of the patient, and noted the horrible pool on the floor, he said
36softly:-- "My God! what has happened to him? Poor, poor devil!" I told him briefly, and added that we expected he would
37recover consciousness after the operation--for a short time, at all events. He went at once and sat down on the edge of
38the bed, with Godalming beside him; we all watched in patience. "We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to
39fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot; for it is evident
40that the hæmorrhage is increasing." The minutes during which we waited passed with fearful slowness. I had a horrible
41sinking in my heart, and from Van Helsing's face I gathered that he felt some fear or apprehension as to what was to
42come. I dreaded the words that Renfield might speak. I was positively afraid to think; but the conviction of what was
43coming was on me, as I have read of men who have heard the death-watch. The poor man's breathing came in uncertain
44gasps. Each instant he seemed as though he would open his eyes and speak; but then would follow a prolonged stertorous
45breath, and he would relapse into a more fixed insensibility. Inured as I was to sick beds and death, this suspense
46grew, and grew upon me. I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples
47sounded like blows from a hammer. The silence finally became agonising. I looked at my companions, one after another,
48and saw from their flushed faces and damp brows that they were enduring equal torture. There was a nervous suspense over
49us all, as though overhead some dread bell would peal out powerfully when we should least expect it. At last there came
50a time when it was evident that the patient was sinking fast; he might die at any moment. I looked up at the Professor
51and caught his eyes fixed on mine. His face was sternly set as he spoke:-- "There is no time to lose. His words may be
52worth many lives; I have been thinking so, as I stood here. It may be there is a soul at stake! We shall operate just
53above the ear." Without another word he made the operation. For a few moments the breathing continued to be stertorous.
54Then there came a breath so prolonged that it seemed as though it would tear open his chest. Suddenly his eyes opened,
55and became fixed in a wild, helpless stare. This was continued for a few moments; then it softened into a glad surprise,
56and from the lips came a sigh of relief. He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said:-- "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell
57them to take off the strait-waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move.
58What's wrong with my face? it feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully." He tried to turn his head; but even with the
59effort his eyes seemed to grow glassy again so I gently put it back. Then Van Helsing said in a quiet grave tone:--
60"Tell us your dream, Mr. Renfield." As he heard the voice his face brightened, through its mutilation, and he said:--
61"That is Dr. Van Helsing. How good it is of you to be here. Give me some water, my lips are dry; and I shall try to tell
62you. I dreamed"--he stopped and seemed fainting, I called quietly to Quincey--"The brandy--it is in my study--quick!" He
63flew and returned with a glass, the decanter of brandy and a carafe of water. We moistened the parched lips, and the
64patient quickly revived. It seemed, however, that his poor injured brain had been working in the interval, for, when he
65was quite conscious, he looked at me piercingly with an agonised confusion which I shall never forget, and said:-- "I
66must not deceive myself; it was no dream, but all a grim reality." Then his eyes roved round the room; as they caught
67sight of the two figures sitting patiently on the edge of the bed he went on:--
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