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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Whentheydismissthemen,whichshallbeshortly,theyshallthemselveslookafterthehorses. Itmaybenecessaryforustojoinforces. Ifsotheycanmountourwholeparty.Oneofthesaddleshasamoveablehorn,andcanbeeasilyadaptedforMina,ifrequired. 

           Itisawildadventureweareon. Here,aswearerushingalongthroughthedarkness,withthecoldfromtheriverseemingtoriseupandstrikeus,withallthemysteriousvoicesofthenightaroundus,itallcomeshome. Weseemtobedriftingintounknownplacesandunknownways.Intoawholeworldofdarkanddreadfulthings. Godalmingisshuttingthefurnacedoor... 

           31October. Stillhurryingalong. Thedayhascome,andGodalmingissleeping. Iamonwatch. Themorningisbitterlycold,thefurnaceheatisgrateful,thoughwehaveheavyfurcoats. Asyetwehavepassedonlyafewopenboats,butnoneofthemhadonboardanyboxorpackageofanythinglikethesizeoftheoneweseek. Themenwerescaredeverytimeweturnedourelectriclamponthem,andfellontheirkneesandprayed. 

           1November,evening. Nonewsallday.Wehavefoundnothingofthekindweseek. WehavenowpassedintotheBistritza,andifwearewronginoursurmiseourchanceisgone. Wehaveoverhauledeveryboat,bigandlittle. Earlythismorning,onecrewtookusforaGovernmentboat,andtreatedusaccordingly. Wesawinthisawayofsmoothingmatters,soatFundu,wheretheBistritzarunsintotheSereth,wegotaRoumanianflagwhichwenowflyconspicuously. 

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