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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Whetheritwasthepurifyingofthedeadlyatmospherebytheopeningofthechapeldoor,orthereliefwhichweexperiencedbyfindingourselvesintheopenIknownot,butmostcertainlytheshadowofdreadseemedtoslipfromuslikearobe,andtheoccasionofourcominglostsomethingofitsgrimsignificance,thoughwedidnotslackenawhitinourresolution. Weclosedtheouterdoorandbarredandlockedit,andbringingthedogswithus,beganoursearchofthehouse. Wefoundnothingthroughoutexceptdustinextraordinaryproportions,andalluntouchedsaveformyownfootstepswhenIhadmademyfirstvisit. Neveroncedidthedogsexhibitanysymptomofuneasiness,andevenwhenwereturnedtothechapeltheyfriskedaboutasthoughtheyhadbeenrabbithuntinginasummerwood. 

           Themorningwasquickeningintheeastwhenweemergedfromthefront. Dr.VanHelsinghadtakenthekeyofthehalldoorfromthebunch,andlockedthedoorinorthodoxfashion,puttingthekeyintohispocketwhenhehaddone. 

           "Sofar,"hesaid,"ournighthasbeeneminentlysuccessful. NoharmhascometoussuchasIfearedmightbeandyetwehaveascertainedhowmanyboxesaremissing. MorethanalldoIrejoicethatthis,ourfirst,andperhapsourmostdifficultanddangerous,stephasbeenaccomplishedwithoutthebringingthereintoourmostsweetMadamMinaortroublingherwakingorsleepingthoughtswithsightsandsoundsandsmellsofhorrorwhichshemightneverforget. 

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