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Mina Harker’s Journal

           Hemust,indeed,havebeenthatVoivodeDraculawhowonhisnameagainsttheTurk,overthegreatriverontheveryfrontierofTurkeyland. Ifitbeso,thenwashenocommonman,forinthattime,andforcenturiesafter,hewasspokenofasthecleverestandthemostcunning,aswellasthebravestofthesonsofthe‘landbeyondtheforest.’ Thatmightybrainandthatironresolutionwentwithhimtohisgrave,andareevennowarrayedagainstus. TheDraculaswere,saysArminius,agreatandnoblerace,thoughnowandagainwerescionswhowereheldbytheircoevalstohavehaddealingswiththeEvilOne. TheylearnedhissecretsintheScholomance,amongstthemountainsoverLakeHermanstadt,wherethedevilclaimsthetenthscholarashisdue. Intherecordsaresuchwordsas‘stregoica’witch,‘ordog’and‘pokol’Satanandhell,andinonemanuscriptthisveryDraculaisspokenofas‘wampyr,‘whichweallunderstandtoowell. Therehavebeenfromtheloinsofthisveryonegreatmenandgoodwomen,andtheirgravesmakesacredtheearthwherealonethisfoulnesscandwell. Foritisnottheleastofitsterrorsthatthisevilthingisrooteddeepinallgood,insoilbarrenofholymemoriesitcannotrest." 

           WhilsttheyweretalkingMr.Morriswaslookingsteadilyatthewindow,andhenowgotupquietly,andwentoutoftheroom. Therewasalittlepause,andthentheProfessorwenton. 

           "Andnowwemustsettlewhatwedo. Wehaveheremuchdata,andwemustproceedtolayoutourcampaign. 

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