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1JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL 1 October, 5 a. m.--I went with the party to the search with an easy mind, for I think I never
2saw Mina so absolutely strong and well. I am so glad that she consented to hold back and let us men do the work.
3Somehow, it was a dread to me that she was in this fearful business at all; but now that her work is done, and that it
4is due to her energy and brains and foresight that the whole story is put together in such a way that every point tells,
5she may well feel that her part is finished, and that she can henceforth leave the rest to us. We were, I think, all a
6little upset by the scene with Mr. Renfield. When we came away from his room we were silent till we got back to the
7study. Then Mr. Morris said to Dr. Seward:-- "Say, Jack, if that man wasn't attempting a bluff, he is about the sanest
8lunatic I ever saw. I'm not sure, but I believe that he had some serious purpose, and if he had, it was pretty rough on
9him not to get a chance." Lord Godalming and I were silent, but Dr. Van Helsing added:-- "Friend John, you know more of
10lunatics than I do, and I'm glad of it, for I fear that if it had been to me to decide I would before that last
11hysterical outburst have given him free. But we live and learn, and in our present task we must take no chance, as my
12friend Quincey would say. All is best as they are." Dr. Seward seemed to answer them both in a dreamy kind of way:-- "I
13don't know but that I agree with you. If that man had been an ordinary lunatic I would have taken my chance of trusting
14him; but he seems so mixed up with the Count in an indexy kind of way that I am afraid of doing anything wrong by
15helping his fads. I can't forget how he prayed with almost equal fervour for a cat, and then tried to tear my throat out
16with his teeth. Besides, he called the Count 'lord and master,' and he may want to get out to help him in some
17diabolical way. That horrid thing has the wolves and the rats and his own kind to help him, so I suppose he isn't above
18trying to use a respectable lunatic. He certainly did seem earnest, though. I only hope we have done what is best. These
19things, in conjunction with the wild work we have in hand, help to unnerve a man." The Professor stepped over, and
20laying his hand on his shoulder, said in his grave, kindly way:-- "Friend John, have no fear. We are trying to do our
21duty in a very sad and terrible case; we can only do as we deem best. What else have we to hope for, except the pity of
22the good God?" Lord Godalming had slipped away for a few minutes, but now he returned. He held up a little silver
23whistle, as he remarked:-- "That old place may be full of rats, and if so, I've got an antidote on call." Having passed
24the wall, we took our way to the house, taking care to keep in the shadows of the trees on the lawn when the moonlight
25shone out. When we got to the porch the Professor opened his bag and took out a lot of things, which he laid on the
26step, sorting them into four little groups, evidently one for each. Then he spoke:-- "My friends, we are going into a
27terrible danger, and we need arms of many kinds. Our enemy is not merely spiritual. Remember that he has the strength of
28twenty men, and that, though our necks or our windpipes are of the common kind--and therefore breakable or
29crushable--his are not amenable to mere strength. A stronger man, or a body of men more strong in all than him, can at
30certain times hold him; but they cannot hurt him as we can be hurt by him. We must, therefore, guard ourselves from his
31touch. Keep this near your heart"--as he spoke he lifted a little silver crucifix and held it out to me, I being nearest
32to him--"put these flowers round your neck"--here he handed to me a wreath of withered garlic blossoms--"for other
33enemies more mundane, this revolver and this knife; and for aid in all, these so small electric lamps, which you can
34fasten to your breast; and for all, and above all at the last, this, which we must not desecrate needless." This was a
35portion of Sacred Wafer, which he put in an envelope and handed to me. Each of the others was similarly equipped. "Now,"
36he said, "friend John, where are the skeleton keys? If so that we can open the door, we need not break house by the
37window, as before at Miss Lucy's." Dr. Seward tried one or two skeleton keys, his mechanical dexterity as a surgeon
38standing him in good stead. Presently he got one to suit; after a little play back and forward the bolt yielded, and,
39with a rusty clang, shot back. We pressed on the door, the rusty hinges creaked, and it slowly opened. It was
40startlingly like the image conveyed to me in Dr. Seward's diary of the opening of Miss Westenra's tomb; I fancy that the
41same idea seemed to strike the others, for with one accord they shrank back. The Professor was the first to move
42forward, and stepped into the open door. "In manus tuas, Domine!" he said, crossing himself as he passed over the
43threshold. We closed the door behind us, lest when we should have lit our lamps we should possibly attract attention
44from the road. The Professor carefully tried the lock, lest we might not be able to open it from within should we be in
45a hurry making our exit. Then we all lit our lamps and proceeded on our search. The light from the tiny lamps fell in
46all sorts of odd forms, as the rays crossed each other, or the opacity of our bodies threw great shadows. I could not
47for my life get away from the feeling that there was some one else amongst us. I suppose it was the recollection, so
48powerfully brought home to me by the grim surroundings, of that terrible experience in Transylvania. I think the feeling
49was common to us all, for I noticed that the others kept looking over their shoulders at every sound and every new
50shadow, just as I felt myself doing. The whole place was thick with dust. The floor was seemingly inches deep, except
51where there were recent footsteps, in which on holding down my lamp I could see marks of hobnails where the dust was
52cracked. The walls were fluffy and heavy with dust, and in the corners were masses of spider's webs, whereon the dust
53had gathered till they looked like old tattered rags as the weight had torn them partly down. On a table in the hall was
54a great bunch of keys, with a time-yellowed label on each. They had been used several times, for on the table were
55several similar rents in the blanket of dust, similar to that exposed when the Professor lifted them. He turned to me
56and said:--
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