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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           Butitwasevidentlymanyadaysincethecasehadbeenthere. Idrewbackbehindthestonework,andlookedcarefullyout. 

           WhatIsawwastheCount’sheadcomingoutfromthewindow. Ididnotseetheface,butIknewthemanbytheneckandthemovementofhisbackandarms. InanycaseIcouldnotmistakethehandswhichIhadhadsomemanyopportunitiesofstudying. Iwasatfirstinterestedandsomewhatamused,foritiswonderfulhowsmallamatterwillinterestandamuseamanwhenheisaprisoner. ButmyveryfeelingschangedtorepulsionandterrorwhenIsawthewholemanslowlyemergefromthewindowandbegintocrawldownthecastlewalloverthedreadfulabyss,facedownwithhiscloakspreadingoutaroundhimlikegreatwings. AtfirstIcouldnotbelievemyeyes.Ithoughtitwassometrickofthemoonlight,someweirdeffectofshadow,butIkeptlooking,anditcouldbenodelusion. Isawthefingersandtoesgraspthecornersofthestones,wornclearofthemortarbythestressofyears,andbythususingeveryprojectionandinequalitymovedownwardswithconsiderablespeed,justasalizardmovesalongawall. 

           Whatmannerofmanisthis,orwhatmannerofcreature,isitinthesemblanceofman? Ifeelthedreadofthishorribleplaceoverpoweringme. Iaminfear,inawfulfear,andthereisnoescapeforme. IamencompassedaboutwithterrorsthatIdarenotthinkof. 

           15May.OncemoreIhaveseenthecountgooutinhislizardfashion. Hemoveddownwardsinasidelongway,somehundredfeetdown,andagooddealtotheleft.Hevanishedintosomeholeorwindow. Whenhisheadhaddisappeared,Ileanedouttotryandseemore,butwithoutavail. Thedistancewastoogreattoallowaproperangleofsight. 

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