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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           Therearecertainlyodddeficienciesinthehouse,consideringtheextraordinaryevidencesofwealthwhichareroundme. Thetableserviceisofgold,andsobeautifullywroughtthatitmustbeofimmensevalue. Thecurtainsandupholsteryofthechairsandsofasandthehangingsofmybedareofthecostliestandmostbeautifulfabrics,andmusthavebeenoffabulousvaluewhentheyweremade,fortheyarecenturiesold,thoughinexcellentorder. IsawsomethingliketheminHamptonCourt,buttheywerewornandfrayedandmoth-eaten. Butstillinnoneoftheroomsisthereamirror. Thereisnotevenatoiletglassonmytable,andIhadtogetthelittleshavingglassfrommybagbeforeIcouldeithershaveorbrushmyhair. Ihavenotyetseenaservantanywhere,orheardasoundnearthecastleexceptthehowlingofwolves. SometimeafterIhadfinishedmymeal,Idonotknowwhethertocallitbreakfastordinner,foritwasbetweenfiveandsixo’clockwhenIhadit,Ilookedaboutforsomethingtoread,forIdidnotliketogoaboutthecastleuntilIhadaskedtheCount’spermission. Therewasabsolutelynothingintheroom,book,newspaper,orevenwritingmaterials,soIopenedanotherdoorintheroomandfoundasortoflibrary. ThedooroppositemineItried,butfoundlocked. 

           InthelibraryIfound,tomygreatdelight,avastnumberofEnglishbooks,wholeshelvesfullofthem,andboundvolumesofmagazinesandnewspapers. AtableinthecentrewaslitteredwithEnglishmagazinesandnewspapers,thoughnoneofthemwereofveryrecentdate. Thebookswereofthemostvariedkind,history,geography,politics,politicaleconomy,botany,geology,law,allrelatingtoEnglandandEnglishlifeandcustomsandmanners. TherewereevensuchbooksofreferenceastheLondonDirectory,the"Red"and"Blue"books,Whitaker’sAlmanac,theArmyandNavyLists,anditsomehowgladdenedmyhearttoseeit,theLawList. 

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