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Jonathan Harker’s Journal Continued

           "Idonotcareaboutit.Icansendforitsomeothertime." 

           TheCountstoodup,andsaid,withasweetcourtesywhichmademerubmyeyes,itseemedsoreal, "YouEnglishhaveasayingwhichisclosetomyheart,foritsspiritisthatwhichrulesourboyars, ‘Welcomethecoming,speedthepartingguest.’ Comewithme,mydearyoungfriend. Notanhourshallyouwaitinmyhouseagainstyourwill,thoughsadamIatyourgoing,andthatyousosuddenlydesireit.Come!" Withastatelygravity,he,withthelamp,precededmedownthestairsandalongthehall. Suddenlyhestopped. "Hark!" 

           Closeathandcamethehowlingofmanywolves. Itwasalmostasifthesoundsprangupattherisingofhishand,justasthemusicofagreatorchestraseemstoleapunderthebatonoftheconductor. Afterapauseofamoment,heproceeded,inhisstatelyway,tothedoor,drewbacktheponderousbolts,unhookedtheheavychains,andbegantodrawitopen. 

           TomyintenseastonishmentIsawthatitwasunlocked. Suspiciously,Ilookedallround,butcouldseenokeyofanykind. 

           Asthedoorbegantoopen,thehowlingofthewolveswithoutgrewlouderandangrier. Theirredjaws,withchampingteeth,andtheirblunt-clawedfeetastheyleaped,cameinthroughtheopeningdoor. IknewthanthattostruggleatthemomentagainsttheCountwasuseless. Withsuchalliesastheseathiscommand,Icoulddonothing. 

           Butstillthedoorcontinuedslowlytoopen,andonlytheCount’sbodystoodinthegap. Suddenlyitstruckmethatthismightbethemomentandmeansofmydoom. Iwastobegiventothewolves,andatmyowninstigation. 

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