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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Hisargumentswerepointedwithspecie,wedoingthepunctuation,andwithalittlebargaininghetolduswhatheknew. Thisturnedouttobesimplebutimportant. HehadreceivedaletterfromMr.deVilleofLondon,tellinghimtoreceive,ifpossiblebeforesunrisesoastoavoidcustoms,aboxwhichwouldarriveatGalatzintheCzarinaCatherine. ThishewastogiveinchargetoacertainPetrofSkinsky,whodealtwiththeSlovakswhotradeddowntherivertotheport. HehadbeenpaidforhisworkbyanEnglishbanknote,whichhadbeendulycashedforgoldattheDanubeInternationalBank. WhenSkinskyhadcometohim,hehadtakenhimtotheshipandhandedoverthebox,soastosaveporterage. Thatwasallheknew. 

           WethensoughtforSkinsky,butwereunabletofindhim. Oneofhisneighbors,whodidnotseemtobearhimanyaffection,saidthathehadgoneawaytwodaysbefore,nooneknewwhither. Thiswascorroboratedbyhislandlord,whohadreceivedbymessengerthekeyofthehousetogetherwiththerentdue,inEnglishmoney.Thishadbeenbetweentenandeleveno’clocklastnight. Wewereatastandstillagain. 

           WhilstweweretalkingonecamerunningandbreathlesslygaspedoutthatthebodyofSkinskyhadbeenfoundinsidethewallofthechurchyardofSt.Peter,andthatthethroathadbeentornopenasifbysomewildanimal. Thosewehadbeenspeakingwithranofftoseethehorror,thewomencryingout. "ThisistheworkofaSlovak!" Wehurriedawaylestweshouldhavebeeninsomewaydrawnintotheaffair,andsodetained. 

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