and insanity incites to action. With no definite plan and acting like a madman, Murlock ran quickly to the wall.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

I actually thought it was hard to understand, just what was happening, the action part of the story. It might have been that I read it too quickly. Uh huh. Harder than "Menelaiad" to understand? No.

事实上，我认为它很难理解，就是到底发生了什么，即故事中的动作部分，也可能是我读得太快的缘故,所以不太理解罢，比《梅尼洛斯》更难懂吗，不是的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He says Henri Dunant quickly took action.

VOA: special.2009.07.01