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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Theywereevidentlytalkingofme,foreverynowandthentheylookedatme,andsomeofthepeoplewhoweresittingonthebenchoutsidethedoorcameandlistened,andthenlookedatme,mostofthempityingly. Icouldhearalotofwordsoftenrepeated,queerwords,forthereweremanynationalitiesinthecrowd,soIquietlygotmypolyglotdictionaryfrommybagandlookedthemout. 

           Imustsaytheywerenotcheeringtome,foramongstthemwere"Ordog"Satan,"Pokol"hell,"stregoica"witch,"vrolok"and"vlkoslak"bothmeanthesamething,onebeingSlovakandtheotherServianforsomethingthatiseitherwerewolforvampire. (Mem.,ImustasktheCountaboutthesesuperstitions. )Whenwestarted,thecrowdroundtheinndoor,whichhadbythistimeswelledtoaconsiderablesize,allmadethesignofthecrossandpointedtwofingerstowardsme. 

           Withsomedifficulty,Igotafellowpassengertotellmewhattheymeant. Hewouldnotansweratfirst,butonlearningthatIwasEnglish,heexplainedthatitwasacharmorguardagainsttheevileye. 

           Thiswasnotverypleasantforme,juststartingforanunknownplacetomeetanunknownman. Buteveryoneseemedsokind-hearted,andsosorrowful,andsosympatheticthatIcouldnotbutbetouched. 

           IshallneverforgetthelastglimpsewhichIhadoftheinnyardanditscrowdofpicturesquefigures,allcrossingthemselves,astheystoodroundthewidearchway,withitsbackgroundofrichfoliageofoleanderandorangetreesingreentubsclusteredinthecentreoftheyard. 

           Thenourdriver,whosewidelinendrawerscoveredthewholefrontoftheboxseat"gotza"theycallthemcrackedhisbigwhipoverhisfoursmallhorses,whichranabreast,andwesetoffonourjourney. 

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