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Dr. Seward’s Diary-cont.

           Therewasalongspellofsilence,big,aching,void,andthenfromtheProfessorakeen"S-s-s-s!" Hepointed,andfardowntheavenueofyewswesawawhitefigureadvance,adimwhitefigure,whichheldsomethingdarkatitsbreast. Thefigurestopped,andatthemomentarayofmoonlightfelluponthemassesofdrivingclouds,andshowedinstartlingprominenceadark-hairedwoman,dressedinthecerementsofthegrave. Wecouldnotseetheface,foritwasbentdownoverwhatwesawtobeafair-hairedchild. Therewasapauseandasharplittlecry,suchasachildgivesinsleep,oradogasitliesbeforethefireanddreams. Wewerestartingforward,buttheProfessor’swarninghand,seenbyusashestoodbehindayewtree,keptusback. Andthenaswelookedthewhitefiguremovedforwardsagain. Itwasnownearenoughforustoseeclearly,andthemoonlightstillheld. Myownheartgrewcoldasice,andIcouldhearthegaspofArthur,aswerecognizedthefeaturesofLucyWestenra. LucyWestenra,butyethowchanged. Thesweetnesswasturnedtoadamantine,heartlesscruelty,andthepuritytovoluptuouswantonness. 

           VanHelsingsteppedout,andobedienttohisgesture,wealladvancedtoo. Thefourofusrangedinalinebeforethedoorofthetomb. VanHelsingraisedhislanternanddrewtheslide. BytheconcentratedlightthatfellonLucy’sfacewecouldseethatthelipswerecrimsonwithfreshblood,andthatthestreamhadtrickledoverherchinandstainedthepurityofherlawndeathrobe. 

           Weshudderedwithhorror. 

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