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`` No , '' said he ; `` I am sick of all that rubbish ! '' He certainly is a wonderfully interesting study . I wish I could get some glimpse of his mind or of the cause of his sudden passion . Stop ; there may be a clue after all , if we can find why to-day his paroxysms came on at high noon and at sunset . Can it be that there is a malign influence of the sun at periods which affects certain natures -- as at times the moon does others ? We shall see . _ Telegram , Seward , London , to Van Helsing , Amsterdam .