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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           Hegrewexcitedashespoke,andwalkedabouttheroompullinghisgreatwhitemoustacheandgraspinganythingonwhichhelaidhishandsasthoughhewouldcrushitbymainstrength. OnethinghesaidwhichIshallputdownasnearlyasIcan,forittellsinitswaythestoryofhisrace. 

           "WeSzekelyshavearighttobeproud,forinourveinsflowsthebloodofmanybraveraceswhofoughtasthelionfights,forlordship. Here,inthewhirlpoolofEuropeanraces,theUgrictribeboredownfromIcelandthefightingspiritwhichThorandWodingavethem,whichtheirBerserkersdisplayedtosuchfellintentontheseaboardsofEurope,aye,andofAsiaandAfricatoo,tillthepeoplesthoughtthatthewerewolvesthemselveshadcome. Here,too,whentheycame,theyfoundtheHuns,whosewarlikefuryhadswepttheearthlikealivingflame,tillthedyingpeoplesheldthatintheirveinsranthebloodofthoseoldwitches,who,expelledfromScythiahadmatedwiththedevilsinthedesert. Fools,fools! WhatdevilorwhatwitchwaseversogreatasAttila,whosebloodisintheseveins?" Hehelduphisarms. "Isitawonderthatwewereaconqueringrace,thatwewereproud,thatwhentheMagyar,theLombard,theAvar,theBulgar,ortheTurkpouredhisthousandsonourfrontiers,wedrovethemback? IsitstrangethatwhenArpadandhislegionssweptthroughtheHungarianfatherlandhefoundusherewhenhereachedthefrontier,thattheHonfoglalaswascompletedthere? AndwhentheHungarianfloodswepteastward,theSzekelyswereclaimedaskindredbythevictoriousMagyars,andtousforcenturieswastrustedtheguardingofthefrontierofTurkeyland. Aye,andmorethanthat,endlessdutyofthefrontierguard,forastheTurkssay,‘watersleeps,andtheenemyissleepless.’ 

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