Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           30October,night. Iamwritingthisinthelightfromthefurnacedoorofthesteamlaunch.LordGodalmingisfiringup. Heisanexperiencedhandatthework,ashehashadforyearsalaunchofhisownontheThames,andanotherontheNorfolkBroads. Regardingourplans,wefinallydecidedthatMina’sguesswascorrect,andthatifanywaterwaywaschosenfortheCount’sescapebacktohisCastle,theSerethandthentheBistritzaatitsjunction,wouldbetheone. Wetookit,thatsomewhereaboutthe47thdegree,northlatitude,wouldbetheplacechosenforcrossingthecountrybetweentheriverandtheCarpathians. Wehavenofearinrunningatgoodspeeduptheriveratnight. Thereisplentyofwater,andthebanksarewideenoughaparttomakesteaming,eveninthedark,easyenough. LordGodalmingtellsmetosleepforawhile,asitisenoughforthepresentforonetobeonwatch. ButIcannotsleep,howcanIwiththeterribledangerhangingovermydarling,andhergoingoutintothatawfulplace... 

           MyonlycomfortisthatweareinthehandsofGod. Onlyforthatfaithitwouldbeeasiertodiethantolive,andsobequitofallthetrouble. Mr.MorrisandDr.Sewardwereoffontheirlongridebeforewestarted. Theyaretokeepuptherightbank,farenoughofftogetonhigherlandswheretheycanseeagoodstretchofriverandavoidthefollowingofitscurves. Theyhave,forthefirststages,twomentorideandleadtheirsparehorses,fourinall,soasnottoexcitecuriosity. 

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