Дракула

           Hewillnotadmitanything,anddownfaceseverybody. Ifhecan’tout-arguethemhebulliesthem,andthentakestheirsilenceforagreementwithhisviews. 

           Lucywaslookingsweetlyprettyinherwhitelawnfrock. Shehasgotabeautifulcoloursinceshehasbeenhere. 

           Inoticedthattheoldmendidnotloseanytimeincomingandsittingnearherwhenwesatdown. Sheissosweetwitholdpeople,Ithinktheyallfellinlovewithheronthespot. Evenmyoldmansuccumbedanddidnotcontradicther,butgavemedoubleshareinstead. Igothimonthesubjectofthelegends,andhewentoffatonceintoasortofsermon. Imusttrytorememberitandputitdown. 

           "Itbeallfool-talk,lock,stock,andbarrel,that’swhatitbeandnowtelse. Thesebansan’waftsan’boh-ghostsan’bar-guestsan’boglesan’allanentthemisonlyfittosetbairnsan’dizzywomena’belderin’. Theybenowtbutair-blebs. They,an’allgrimsan’signsan’warnin’s,beallinventedbyparsonsan’illsomeberk-bodiesan’railwaytouterstoskeeran’scunnerhafflin’s,an’togetfolkstodosomethin’thattheydon’totherinclineto. Itmakesmeirefultothinko’them. Why,it’sthemthat,notcontentwithprintin’liesonpaperan’preachin’themoutofpulpits,doeswanttobecuttin’themonthetombstones. Lookhereallaroundyouinwhatairtyewill. Allthemsteans,holdin’uptheirheadsaswellastheycanoutoftheirpride,isacant,simplytumblin’downwiththeweighto’thelieswroteonthem, ‘Hereliesthebody’or‘Sacredtothememory’wroteonallofthem,an’yetinnighhalfofthemtherebean’tnobodiesatall,an’thememoriesofthembean’tcaredapinchofsnuffabout,muchlesssacred.