Dr.

Seward”; this was said with a leer of inexpressible cunning. “I know that I shall never lack the means of life!”

I think that through the cloudiness of his insanity he saw some antagonism in me, for he at once fell back on the last refuge of such as he⁠—a dogged silence. After a short time I saw that for the present it was useless to speak to him. He was sulky, and so I came away.