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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Ashespokehetookfromhisbagascrewdriverandawrench,andverysoonthetopofoneofthecaseswasthrownopen. Theearthsmelledmustyandclose,butwedidnotsomehowseemtomind,forourattentionwasconcentratedontheProfessor. TakingfromhisboxapieceoftheSacredWaferhelaiditreverentlyontheearth,andthenshuttingdownthelidbegantoscrewithome,weaidinghimasheworked. 

           Onebyonewetreatedinthesamewayeachofthegreatboxes,andleftthemaswehadfoundthemtoallappearance.ButineachwasaportionoftheHost. Whenweclosedthedoorbehindus,theProfessorsaidsolemnly, "Somuchisalreadydone. Itmaybethatwithalltheotherswecanbesosuccessful,thenthesunsetofthiseveningmayshineofMadamMina’sforeheadallwhiteasivoryandwithnostain!" 

           Aswepassedacrossthelawnonourwaytothestationtocatchourtrainwecouldseethefrontoftheasylum. Ilookedeagerly,andinthewindowofmyownroomsawMina. Iwavedmyhandtoher,andnoddedtotellthatourworktherewassuccessfullyaccomplished. Shenoddedinreplytoshowthatsheunderstood. ThelastIsaw,shewaswavingherhandinfarewell. Itwaswithaheavyheartthatwesoughtthestationandjustcaughtthetrain,whichwassteaminginaswereachedtheplatform. Ihavewrittenthisinthetrain. 

           Piccadilly,12:30o’clock. JustbeforewereachedFenchurchStreetLordGodalmingsaidtome, "QuinceyandIwillfindalocksmith. Youhadbetternotcomewithusincasethereshouldbeanydifficulty. 

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