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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Lappingwavesandrushingwater,darknessandfavouringwinds. Weareevidentlyingoodtime,andwhenwehearoftheCzarinaCatherineweshallbeready. AsshemustpasstheDardanelleswearesuretohavesomereport. 

           17October. Everythingisprettywellfixednow,Ithink,towelcometheCountonhisreturnfromhistour. Godalmingtoldtheshippersthathefanciedthattheboxsentaboardmightcontainsomethingstolenfromafriendofhis,andgotahalfconsentthathemightopenitathisownrisk. TheownergavehimapapertellingtheCaptaintogivehimeveryfacilityindoingwhateverhechoseonboardtheship,andalsoasimilarauthorizationtohisagentatVarna. Wehaveseentheagent,whowasmuchimpressedwithGodalming’skindlymannertohim,andweareallsatisfiedthatwhateverhecandotoaidourwisheswillbedone. 

           Wehavealreadyarrangedwhattodoincasewegettheboxopen. IftheCountisthere,VanHelsingandSewardwillcutoffhisheadatonceanddriveastakethroughhisheart. MorrisandGodalmingandIshallpreventinterference,evenifwehavetousethearmswhichweshallhaveready. TheProfessorsaysthatifwecansotreattheCount’sbody,itwillsoonafterfallintodust. Insuchcasetherewouldbenoevidenceagainstus,incaseanysuspicionofmurderwerearoused. Butevenifitwerenot,weshouldstandorfallbyouract,andperhapssomedaythisveryscriptmaybeevidencetocomebetweensomeofusandarope. 

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