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Mina Harker’s Journal

           ForwhenLordGodalmingfoundhimselfalonewithmehesatdownonthesofaandgavewayutterlyandopenly. Isatdownbesidehimandtookhishand. Ihopehedidn’tthinkitforwardofme,andthatifheeverthinksofitafterwardsheneverwillhavesuchathought. ThereIwronghim.Iknowheneverwill.Heistootrueagentleman. Isaidtohim,forIcouldseethathisheartwasbreaking, "IloveddearLucy,andIknowwhatshewastoyou,andwhatyouweretoher. SheandIwerelikesisters,andnowsheisgone,willyounotletmebelikeasistertoyouinyourtrouble? Iknowwhatsorrowsyouhavehad,thoughIcannotmeasurethedepthofthem. Ifsympathyandpitycanhelpinyouraffliction,won’tyouletmebeofsomelittleservice,forLucy’ssake?" 

           Inaninstantthepoordearfellowwasoverwhelmedwithgrief. Itseemedtomethatallthathehadoflatebeensufferinginsilencefoundaventatonce. Hegrewquitehysterical,andraisinghisopenhands,beathispalmstogetherinaperfectagonyofgrief. Hestoodupandthensatdownagain,andthetearsraineddownhischeeks. Ifeltaninfinitepityforhim,andopenedmyarmsunthinkingly. Withasobhelaidhisheadonmyshoulderandcriedlikeaweariedchild,whilstheshookwithemotion. 

           Wewomenhavesomethingofthemotherinusthatmakesusriseabovesmallermatterswhenthemotherspiritisinvoked. Ifeltthisbigsorrowingman’sheadrestingonme,asthoughitwerethatofababythatsomedaymaylieonmybosom,andIstrokedhishairasthoughheweremyownchild. 

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