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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           Ifeltthatitwasgettingverylateindeed,butIdidnotsayanything,forIfeltunderobligationtomeetmyhost’swishesineveryway. Iwasnotsleepy,asthelongsleepyesterdayhadfortifiedme, butIcouldnothelpexperiencingthatchillwhichcomesoveroneatthecomingofthedawn,whichislike,initsway,theturnofthetide. Theysaythatpeoplewhoareneardeathdiegenerallyatthechangetodawnorattheturnofthetide. Anyonewhohaswhentired,andtiedasitweretohispost,experiencedthischangeintheatmospherecanwellbelieveit. Allatonceweheardthecrowofthecockcomingupwithpreternaturalshrillnessthroughtheclearmorningair. 

           CountDracula,jumpingtohisfeet,said, "Whythereisthemorningagain! HowremissIamtoletyoustayupsolong. YoumustmakeyourconversationregardingmydearnewcountryofEnglandlessinteresting,sothatImaynotforgethowtimefliesbyus," andwithacourtlybow,hequicklyleftme. 

           Iwentintomyroomanddrewthecurtains,buttherewaslittletonotice. Mywindowopenedintothecourtyard,allIcouldseewasthewarmgreyofquickeningsky. SoIpulledthecurtainsagain,andhavewrittenofthisday. 

           8May.IbegantofearasIwroteinthisbookthatIwasgettingtoodiffuse. ButnowIamgladthatIwentintodetailfromthefirst,forthereissomethingsostrangeaboutthisplaceandallinitthatIcannotbutfeeluneasy. IwishIweresafeoutofit,orthatIhadnevercome. Itmaybethatthisstrangenightexistenceistellingonme,butwouldthatthatwereall! IftherewereanyonetotalktoIcouldbearit,butthereisnoone. IhaveonlytheCounttospeakwith,andheIfearIammyselftheonlylivingsoulwithintheplace. Letmebeprosaicsofarasfactscanbe. 

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