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Mina Harker’s Journal

           Thesunwasalmostdownonthemountaintops,andtheshadowsofthewholegroupfelluponthesnow. IsawtheCountlyingwithintheboxupontheearth,someofwhichtherudefallingfromthecarthadscatteredoverhim. Hewasdeathlypale,justlikeawaxenimage,andtheredeyesglaredwiththehorriblevindictivelookwhichIknewsowell. 

           AsIlooked,theeyessawthesinkingsun,andthelookofhateinthemturnedtotriumph. 

           But,ontheinstant,camethesweepandflashofJonathan’sgreatknife. IshriekedasIsawitshearthroughthethroat. WhilstatthesamemomentMr.Morris’sbowieknifeplungedintotheheart. 

           Itwaslikeamiracle,butbeforeourveryeyes,andalmostinthedrawingofabreath,thewholebodycrumbledintodustandpassedfromoursight. 

           IshallbegladaslongasIlivethateveninthatmomentoffinaldissolution,therewasinthefacealookofpeace,suchasInevercouldhaveimaginedmighthaverestedthere. 

           TheCastleofDraculanowstoodoutagainsttheredsky,andeverystoneofitsbrokenbattlementswasarticulatedagainstthelightofthesettingsun. 

           Thegypsies,takingusasinsomewaythecauseoftheextraordinarydisappearanceofthedeadman,turned,withoutaword,androdeawayasiffortheirlives. Thosewhowereunmountedjumpedupontheleiterwagonandshoutedtothehorsemennottodesertthem. Thewolves,whichhadwithdrawntoasafedistance,followedintheirwake,leavingusalone. 

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