Entry 103 · Book chapter 104
October 6 1944
Back in Naples, Lewis finds the section overworked, understaffed, and increasingly worn down by illness after months of dispersal. He reflects that the strange fascination of the intelligence work itself — a kind of legalised eavesdropping on humanity — is what keeps him working dangerously long hours despite the toll.
Reflections
The addictive pull of intelligence work
Lewis attributes his declining health partly to overwork, describing the strange excitement of 'legalised eavesdropping on humanity' as a fascination that keeps him working up to fifteen-hour days — to the point of falling asleep at the wheel on three recent occasions.
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