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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           TheSzganyarequarteredsomewhereinthecastleandaredoingworkofsomekind. Iknowit,fornowandthen,Ihearafar-awaymuffledsoundasofmattockandspade,and,whateveritis,itmustbetheendofsomeruthlessvillainy. 

           Ihadbeenatthewindowsomewhatlessthanhalfanhour,whenIsawsomethingcomingoutoftheCount’swindow. Idrewbackandwatchedcarefully,andsawthewholemanemerge. ItwasanewshocktometofindthathehadonthesuitofclotheswhichIhadwornwhilsttravellinghere,andslungoverhisshouldertheterriblebagwhichIhadseenthewomentakeaway. Therecouldbenodoubtastohisquest,andinmygarb,too! This,then,ishisnewschemeofevil,thathewillallowotherstoseeme,astheythink,sothathemaybothleaveevidencethatIhavebeenseeninthetownsorvillagespostingmyownletters,andthatanywickednesswhichhemaydoshallbythelocalpeoplebeattributedtome. 

           Itmakesmeragetothinkthatthiscangoon,andwhilstIamshutuphere,averitableprisoner,butwithoutthatprotectionofthelawwhichisevenacriminal’srightandconsolation. 

           IthoughtIwouldwatchfortheCount’sreturn,andforalongtimesatdoggedlyatthewindow. ThenIbegantonoticethatthereweresomequaintlittlespecksfloatingintheraysofthemoonlight. Theywerelikethetiniestgrainsofdust,andtheywhirledroundandgatheredinclustersinanebuloussortofway. Iwatchedthemwithasenseofsoothing,andasortofcalmstoleoverme. Ileanedbackintheembrasureinamorecomfortableposition,sothatIcouldenjoymorefullytheaerialgambolling. 

           Somethingmademestartup,alow,piteoushowlingofdogssomewherefarbelowinthevalley,whichwashiddenfrommysight. 

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