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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           NoneoftheothershadmettheCountatallatclosequarters,andwhenIhadseenhimhewaseitherinthefastingstageofhisexistenceinhisroomsor,whenhewasbloatedwithfreshblood,inaruinedbuildingopentotheair, butheretheplacewassmallandclose,andthelongdisusehadmadetheairstagnantandfoul. Therewasanearthysmell,asofsomedrymiasma,whichcamethroughthefoulerair. Butastotheodouritself,howshallIdescribeit? Itwasnotalonethatitwascomposedofalltheillsofmortalityandwiththepungent,acridsmellofblood,butitseemedasthoughcorruptionhadbecomeitselfcorrupt. Faugh! Itsickensmetothinkofit. Everybreathexhaledbythatmonsterseemedtohaveclungtotheplaceandintensifieditsloathsomeness. 

           Underordinarycircumstancessuchastenchwouldhavebroughtourenterprisetoanend,butthiswasnoordinarycase,andthehighandterriblepurposeinwhichwewereinvolvedgaveusastrengthwhichroseabovemerelyphysicalconsiderations. Aftertheinvoluntaryshrinkingconsequentonthefirstnauseouswhiff,weoneandallsetaboutourworkasthoughthatloathsomeplacewereagardenofroses. 

           Wemadeanaccurateexaminationoftheplace,theProfessorsayingaswebegan,"Thefirstthingistoseehowmanyoftheboxesareleft,wemustthenexamineeveryholeandcornerandcrannyandseeifwecannotgetsomeclueastowhathasbecomeoftherest." 

           Aglancewassufficienttoshowhowmanyremained,forthegreatearthchestswerebulky,andtherewasnomistakingthem. 

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