I wonder if Renfield's quiet has anything to do with this.

His moods have so followed the doings of the Count, that the coming destruction of the monster may be carried to him some subtle way.

If we could only get some hint as to what passed in his mind, between the time of my argument with him today and his resumption of fly-catching, it might afford us a valuable clue.

He is now seemingly quiet for a spell.

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