In the dialogue, the ellipses show that the talker pauses shortly in his sentence. When the talker says "uh" and changes the subject to the weather, it shows how right the "madman" is. It is like the roles have reversed. The "madman" is not the ill one anymore because everyone else is mad for eating people. Also, I notice that the topic of cannibalism is sensitive. Society accepts cannibalism, but it is not a topic that people talk about openly. This dialogue is the first conversation that seems like it is not in the madman's head. Every other encounter, the madman interprets people's facial expressions as wanting to eat him. This dialogue makes me wonder why society is being secretive about cannibalism if they know that everyone does it because it is the norm? Also, does this dialogue prove that the madman is getting better? The fact that he can have a real interactive conversation that it is not in his head seems like there is some change.