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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           Tothewestwasagreatvalley,andthen,risingfaraway,greatjaggedmountainfastnesses,risingpeakonpeak,thesheerrockstuddedwithmountainashandthorn,whoserootsclungincracksandcrevicesandcranniesofthestone. Thiswasevidentlytheportionofthecastleoccupiedbytheladiesinbygonedays,forthefurniturehadmoreanairofcomfortthananyIhadseen. 

           Thewindowswerecurtainless,andtheyellowmoonlight,floodinginthroughthediamondpanes,enabledonetoseeevencolours,whilstitsoftenedthewealthofdustwhichlayoverallanddisguisedinsomemeasuretheravagesoftimeandmoth. Mylampseemedtobeoflittleeffectinthebrilliantmoonlight,butIwasgladtohaveitwithme,fortherewasadreadlonelinessintheplacewhichchilledmyheartandmademynervestremble. Still,itwasbetterthanlivingaloneintheroomswhichIhadcometohatefromthepresenceoftheCount,andaftertryingalittletoschoolmynerves,Ifoundasoftquietudecomeoverme. HereIam,sittingatalittleoaktablewhereinoldtimespossiblysomefairladysattopen,withmuchthoughtandmanyblushes,herill-speltloveletter,andwritinginmydiaryinshorthandallthathashappenedsinceIcloseditlast. Itisthenineteenthcenturyup-to-datewithavengeance. Andyet,unlessmysensesdeceiveme,theoldcenturieshad,andhave,powersoftheirownwhichmere"modernity"cannotkill. 

           Later:Themorningof16May. Godpreservemysanity,fortothisIamreduced. Safetyandtheassuranceofsafetyarethingsofthepast. WhilstIliveonherethereisbutonethingtohopefor,thatImaynotgomad,if,indeed,Ibenotmadalready. IfIbesane,thensurelyitismaddeningtothinkthatofallthefoulthingsthatlurkinthishatefulplacetheCountistheleastdreadfultome,thattohimaloneIcanlookforsafety,eventhoughthisbeonlywhilstIcanservehispurpose. 

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