[Renfield is having breakfast with Dr. Seward. He sees a bug on the table and eats it]
I was just telling Ma—what was that?
Huh?
You just grabbed something from the table.
I did not.
Yes you did, I saw you, you put it in your mouth. I think it was an insect.
Raspberry? We're not serving raspberries.
Then it must have been a raisin. I guess it fell off the muffin. See? There's one missing.
[The two men laugh. Renfield sees a spider coming towards him, and he quickly eats it up]
How silly of me! It must have been my imagin—there, you did it again!
Huh?
You just put a bug in your mouth. I think it was a spider!
I did not.
Yes, you did.
I did not.
Yes, you did.
I did not.
A spider?
[A grasshopper jumps onto the patio. He intentionally throws his fork]
Oh! Dropped my fork! [gets on all fours and scrambles under the table for the insect]
Mr. Renfield, what are you doing down there? This is most unseemly!
Fork found! [Comes back up] Sorry for the delay.
[The grasshopper's leg is sticking out of Renfield's mouth, and wriggling about]
My God, man! You're eating insects right from the ground!
...What makes you say that?
I can see one trying to get out of your mouth!
Out of my mouth?
Yes, out of your mouth! Your very own mouth and it's wriggling about!
Don't be ridiculous! Wriggling!
I'm not ridiculous at all! It's wriggling all over the place! The poor thing, it's fighting for its life!
[Renfield eyes the grasshopper's leg, which has fallen from his mouth and quickly scoops it up]
I don't know what you're talking about. If you insist on ranting like this, I'm going to leave!
Me, ranting? You're the ranter!
[Renfield does a body slam across Dr. Seward's lap, and knocks everything off the table. Renfield is soon grabbed by two asylum attendants.]
That's it! Put him in a straight jacket and give him an enema! Wait! Wait, wait... Give him the enema FIRST. THEN put him in a straight jacket.
