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Dr. Seward’s Diary-cont.

           PresentlyhesaidtoVanHelsing,"IsthisreallyLucy’sbody,oronlyademoninhershape?" 

           "Itisherbody,andyetnotit. Butwaitawhile,andyoushallseeherasshewas,andis." 

           SheseemedlikeanightmareofLucyasshelaythere,thepointedteeth,thebloodstained,voluptuousmouth,whichmadeoneshuddertosee,thewholecarnalandunspiritedappearance,seeminglikeadevilishmockeryofLucy’ssweetpurity. VanHelsing,withhisusualmethodicalness,begantakingthevariouscontentsfromhisbagandplacingthemreadyforuse. Firsthetookoutasolderingironandsomeplumbingsolder,andthensmalloillamp,whichgaveout,whenlitinacornerofthetomb,gaswhichburnedatafierceheatwithablueflame,thenhisoperatingknives,whichheplacedtohand,andlastaroundwoodenstake,sometwoandahalforthreeinchesthickandaboutthreefeetlong. Oneendofitwashardenedbycharringinthefire,andwassharpenedtoafinepoint. Withthisstakecameaheavyhammer,suchasinhouseholdsisusedinthecoalcellarforbreakingthelumps. Tome,adoctor’spreparationsforworkofanykindarestimulatingandbracing,buttheeffectofthesethingsonbothArthurandQuinceywastocausethemasortofconsternation. Theyboth,however,kepttheircourage,andremainedsilentandquiet. 

           Whenallwasready,VanHelsingsaid, "Beforewedoanything,letmetellyouthis.ItisoutoftheloreandexperienceoftheancientsandofallthosewhohavestudiedthepowersoftheUnDead. 

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