Mina Harker’s Journal

           6November. ItwaslateintheafternoonwhentheProfessorandItookourwaytowardstheeastwhenceIknewJonathanwascoming. Wedidnotgofast,thoughthewaywassteeplydownhill,forwehadtotakeheavyrugsandwrapswithus. Wedarednotfacethepossibilityofbeingleftwithoutwarmthinthecoldandthesnow. Wehadtotakesomeofourprovisionstoo,forwewereinaperfectdesolation,andsofaraswecouldseethroughthesnowfall,therewasnoteventhesignofhabitation. Whenwehadgoneaboutamile,Iwastiredwiththeheavywalkingandsatdowntorest. ThenwelookedbackandsawwheretheclearlineofDracula’scastlecutthesky. ForweweresodeepunderthehillwhereonitwassetthattheangleofperspectiveoftheCarpathianmountainswasfarbelowit. Wesawitinallitsgrandeur,perchedathousandfeetonthesummitofasheerprecipice,andwithseeminglyagreatgapbetweenitandthesteepoftheadjacentmountainonanyside. Therewassomethingwildanduncannyabouttheplace. Wecouldhearthedistanthowlingofwolves. Theywerefaroff,butthesound,eventhoughcomingmuffledthroughthedeadeningsnowfall,wasfullofterror. IknewfromthewayDr.VanHelsingwassearchingaboutthathewastryingtoseeksomestrategicpoint,wherewewouldbelessexposedincaseofattack. Theroughroadwaystillleddownwards.Wecouldtraceitthroughthedriftedsnow. 

           InalittlewhiletheProfessorsignalledtome,soIgotupandjoinedhim. 

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