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Dr. Seward’s Diary-cont.

           ArthurandQuinceycamehomewithme,andwetriedtocheereachotherontheway.Wehadleftbehindthechildinsafety,andweretired.Soweallsleptwithmoreorlessrealityofsleep. 

           29September,night. Alittlebeforetwelveo’clockwethree,Arthur,QuinceyMorris,andmyself,calledfortheProfessor. Itwasoddtonoticethatbycommonconsentwehadallputonblackclothes.Ofcourse,Arthurworeblack,forhewasindeepmourning,buttherestofusworeitbyinstinct. Wegottothegraveyardbyhalf-pastone,andstrolledabout,keepingoutofofficialobservation,sothatwhenthegravediggershadcompletedtheirtaskandthesextonunderthebeliefthateveryonehadgone,hadlockedthegate,wehadtheplacealltoourselves. VanHelsing,insteadofhislittleblackbag,hadwithhimalongleatherone,somethinglikeacricketingbag. Itwasmanifestlyoffairweight. 

           Whenwewerealoneandhadheardthelastofthefootstepsdieoutuptheroad,wesilently,andasifbyorderedintention,followedtheProfessortothetomb. Heunlockedthedoor,andweentered,closingitbehindus. Thenhetookfromhisbagthelantern,whichhelit,andalsotwowaxcandles,which,whenlighted,hestuckbymeltingtheirownends,onothercoffins,sothattheymightgivelightsufficienttoworkby. WhenheagainliftedthelidoffLucy’scoffinwealllooked,Arthurtremblinglikeanaspen,andsawthatthecorpselaythereinallitsdeathbeauty. Buttherewasnoloveinmyownheart,nothingbutloathingforthefoulThingwhichhadtakenLucy’sshapewithouthersoul. IcouldseeevenArthur’sfacegrowhardashelooked. 

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