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Dr. Seward’s Diary

           Thishebackedupwithargumentsregardinghiscompleterecovery,andadducedhisownexistingsanity. 

           "Iappealtoyourfriends,"hesaid,"theywill,perhaps,notmindsittinginjudgementonmycase. Bytheway,youhavenotintroducedme." 

           Iwassomuchastonished,thattheoddnessofintroducingamadmaninanasylumdidnotstrikemeatthemoment, andbesides,therewasacertaindignityintheman’smanner,somuchofthehabitofequality,thatIatoncemadetheintroduction, "LordGodalming,ProfessorVanHelsing,Mr.QuinceyMorris,ofTexas,Mr.JonathanHarker,Mr.Renfield." 

           Heshookhandswitheachofthem,sayinginturn, "LordGodalming,IhadthehonourofsecondingyourfatherattheWindham,Igrievetoknow,byyourholdingthetitle,thatheisnomore. Hewasamanlovedandhonouredbyallwhoknewhim,andinhisyouthwas,Ihaveheard,theinventorofaburntrumpunch,muchpatronizedonDerbynight. Mr.Morris,youshouldbeproudofyourgreatstate. ItsreceptionintotheUnionwasaprecedentwhichmayhavefar-reachingeffectshereafter,whenthePoleandtheTropicsmayholdalliancetotheStarsandStripes. ThepowerofTreatymayyetproveavastengineofenlargement,whentheMonroedoctrinetakesitstrueplaceasapoliticalfable. WhatshallanymansayofhispleasureatmeetingVanHelsing? Sir,Imakenoapologyfordroppingallformsofconventionalprefix. 

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