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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Togetherthetwoascendedthesteps,andLordGodalmingpointedoutwhathewanteddone. Theworkmantookoffhiscoatleisurelyandhungitononeofthespikesoftherail,sayingsomethingtoapolicemanwhojustthensaunteredalong. Thepolicemannoddedacquiescence,andthemankneelingdownplacedhisbagbesidehim. Aftersearchingthroughit,hetookoutaselectionoftoolswhichheproceededtolaybesidehiminorderlyfashion. Thenhestoodup,lookedinthekeyhole,blewintoit,andturningtohisemployers,madesomeremark. LordGodalmingsmiled,andthemanliftedagoodsizedbunchofkeys. Selectingoneofthem,hebegantoprobethelock,asiffeelinghiswaywithit. Afterfumblingaboutforabithetriedasecond,andthenathird. Allatoncethedooropenedunderaslightpushfromhim,andheandthetwoothersenteredthehall. Wesatstill.Myowncigarburntfuriously,butVanHelsing’swentcoldaltogether. Wewaitedpatientlyaswesawtheworkmancomeoutandbringhisbag. Thenheheldthedoorpartlyopen,steadyingitwithhisknees,whilsthefittedakeytothelock. ThishefinallyhandedtoLordGodalming,whotookouthispurseandgavehimsomething. Themantouchedhishat,tookhisbag,putonhiscoatanddeparted. Notasoultooktheslightestnoticeofthewholetransaction. 

           Whenthemanhadfairlygone,wethreecrossedthestreetandknockedatthedoor. ItwasimmediatelyopenedbyQuinceyMorris,besidewhomstoodLordGodalminglightingacigar. 

           "Theplacesmellssovilely,"saidthelatteraswecamein. 

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