The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him, and on more than one occasion he has asked me whether I had on my medical journeys at night ever seen any strange creature or heard the baying of a hound.
Tanken om eksistensen av noe overjordisk forfulgte ham bestandig, og mere enn en gang spurte han meg om jeg under mine nattlige besøk som lege hadde sett noe mystisk vesen eller hørt en hund gjø.