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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           ItwasansweredfrombehindDr.Seward’shousebytheyelpingofdogs,andafteraboutaminutethreeterrierscamedashingroundthecornerofthehouse. Unconsciouslywehadallmovedtowardsthedoor,andaswemovedInoticedthatthedusthadbeenmuchdisturbed. Theboxeswhichhadbeentakenouthadbeenbroughtthisway. Butevenintheminutethathadelapsedthenumberoftheratshadvastlyincreased. Theyseemedtoswarmovertheplaceallatonce,tillthelamplight,shiningontheirmovingdarkbodiesandglittering,balefuleyes,madetheplacelooklikeabankofearthsetwithfireflies. Thedogsdashedon,butatthethresholdsuddenlystoppedandsnarled,andthen,simultaneouslyliftingtheirnoses,begantohowlinmostlugubriousfashion. Theratsweremultiplyinginthousands,andwemovedout. 

           LordGodalmingliftedoneofthedogs,andcarryinghimin,placedhimonthefloor. Theinstanthisfeettouchedthegroundheseemedtorecoverhiscourage,andrushedathisnaturalenemies. Theyfledbeforehimsofastthatbeforehehadshakenthelifeoutofascore,theotherdogs,whohadbynowbeenliftedinthesamemanner,hadbutsmallpreyerethewholemasshadvanished. 

           Withtheirgoingitseemedasifsomeevilpresencehaddeparted,forthedogsfriskedaboutandbarkedmerrilyastheymadesuddendartsattheirprostratefoes,andturnedthemoverandoverandtossedthemintheairwithviciousshakes. Weallseemedtofindourspiritsrise. 

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