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Dr. Seward’s Diary-cont.

           Allfelloutwell. AttheedgeofHampsteadHeathweheardapoliceman’sheavytramp,andlayingthechildonthepathway,wewaitedandwatcheduntilhesawitasheflashedhislanterntoandfro. Weheardhisexclamationofastonishment,andthenwewentawaysilently. Bygoodchancewegotacabnearthe‘Spainiards,’anddrovetotown. 

           Icannotsleep,soImakethisentry. ButImusttrytogetafewhours’sleep,asVanHelsingistocallformeatnoon. HeinsiststhatIgowithhimonanotherexpedition. 

           27September. Itwastwoo’clockbeforewefoundasuitableopportunityforourattempt. Thefuneralheldatnoonwasallcompleted,andthelaststragglersofthemournershadtakenthemselveslazilyaway,when,lookingcarefullyfrombehindaclumpofaldertrees,wesawthesextonlockthegateafterhim. Weknewthatweweresafetillmorningdidwedesireit,buttheProfessortoldmethatweshouldnotwantmorethananhouratmost. AgainIfeltthathorridsenseoftherealityofthings,inwhichanyeffortofimaginationseemedoutofplace,andIrealizeddistinctlytheperilsofthelawwhichwewereincurringinourunhallowedwork. Besides,Ifeltitwasallsouseless. Outrageousasitwastoopenaleadencoffin,toseeifawomandeadnearlyaweekwerereallydead,itnowseemedtheheightoffollytoopenthetombagain,whenweknew,fromtheevidenceofourowneyesight,thatthecoffinwasempty. Ishruggedmyshoulders,however,andrestedsilent,forVanHelsinghadawayofgoingonhisownroad,nomatterwhoremonstrated. 

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