Part 27

Mina Harker’s Journal

           1November. Alldaylongwehavetravelled,andatagoodspeed. Thehorsesseemtoknowthattheyarebeingkindlytreated,fortheygowillinglytheirfullstageatbestspeed. Wehavenowhadsomanychangesandfindthesamethingsoconstantlythatweareencouragedtothinkthatthejourneywillbeaneasyone. Dr.VanHelsingislaconic,hetellsthefarmersthatheishurryingtoBistritz,andpaysthemwelltomaketheexchangeofhorses. Wegethotsoup,orcoffee,ortea,andoffwego. Itisalovelycountry. Fullofbeautiesofallimaginablekinds,andthepeoplearebrave,andstrong,andsimple,andseemfullofnicequalities.Theyarevery,verysuperstitious. Inthefirsthousewherewestopped,whenthewomanwhoservedussawthescaronmyforehead,shecrossedherselfandputouttwofingerstowardsme,tokeepofftheevileye. Ibelievetheywenttothetroubleofputtinganextraamountofgarlicintoourfood,andIcan’tabidegarlic. EversincethenIhavetakencarenottotakeoffmyhatorveil,andsohaveescapedtheirsuspicions. Wearetravellingfast,andaswehavenodriverwithustocarrytales,wegoaheadofscandal. ButIdaresaythatfearoftheevileyewillfollowhardbehindusalltheway. TheProfessorseemstireless. Alldayhewouldnottakeanyrest,thoughhemademesleepforalongspell. Atsunsettimehehypnotizedme,andhesaysIansweredasusual, "darkness,lappingwaterandcreakingwood." Soourenemyisstillontheriver. 

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