第5章

　　Athalfpasttennomorearrive。Thesittingisover。Inall，twenty-fivemaleshavebeencaught，ofwhomonlyonewaswithoutantenn&aelig；。Therefore，ofthesixonwhomIoperatedyesterdayandwhowerehaleenoughtoleavemystudyandgobacktothefields，onealonehasreturnedtothebell-jar。

　　Itisapoorresult，onwhichIdarenotrelywhenitcomestoassertingordenyingthattheantenn&aelig；playaguidingpart。Wemustbeginalloveragain，onalargerscale。

　　NextmorningIpayavisittotheprisonersofthedaybefore。WhatIseeisnotencouraging。Manyarespreadoutonthefloor，almostlifeless。

　　SeveralofthemgivehardlyasignoflifewhenItaketheminmyfingers。

　　WhatcanIhopefromthesecripples？Still，letustry。Perhapstheywillrecovertheirvigourwhenthetimecomestodancethelovers’round。