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1It is only about 24 hours' sail from the Dardanelles to here, at the rate the Czarina Catherine has come from London.
2She should therefore arrive some time in the morning; but as she cannot possibly get in before then, we are all about to
3retire early. We shall get up at one o'clock, so as to be ready. 25 October, Noon.--No news yet of the ship's arrival.
4Mrs. Harker's hypnotic report this morning was the same as usual, so it is possible that we may get news at any moment.
5We men are all in a fever of excitement, except Harker, who is calm; his hands are cold as ice, and an hour ago I found
6him whetting the edge of the great Ghoorka knife which he now always carries with him. It will be a bad lookout for the
7Count if the edge of that "Kukri" ever touches his throat, driven by that stern, ice-cold hand! Van Helsing and I were a
8little alarmed about Mrs. Harker to-day. About noon she got into a sort of lethargy which we did not like; although we
9kept silence to the others, we were neither of us happy about it. She had been restless all the morning, so that we were
10at first glad to know that she was sleeping. When, however, her husband mentioned casually that she was sleeping so
11soundly that he could not wake her, we went to her room to see for ourselves. She was breathing naturally and looked so
12well and peaceful that we agreed that the sleep was better for her than anything else. Poor girl, she has so much to
13forget that it is no wonder that sleep, if it brings oblivion to her, does her good. Later.--Our opinion was justified,
14for when after a refreshing sleep of some hours she woke up, she seemed brighter and better than she had been for days.
15At sunset she made the usual hypnotic report. Wherever he may be in the Black Sea, the Count is hurrying to his
16destination. To his doom, I trust! 26 October.--Another day and no tidings of the Czarina Catherine. She ought to be
17here by now. That she is still journeying somewhere is apparent, for Mrs. Harker's hypnotic report at sunrise was still
18the same. It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last
19evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port. We must continue our watching, as the ship may now
20be signalled any moment. 27 October, Noon.--Most strange; no news yet of the ship we wait for. Mrs. Harker reported last
21night and this morning as usual: "lapping waves and rushing water," though she added that "the waves were very faint."
22The telegrams from London have been the same: "no further report." Van Helsing is terribly anxious, and told me just now
23that he fears the Count is escaping us. He added significantly:-- "I did not like that lethargy of Madam Mina's. Souls
24and memories can do strange things during trance." I was about to ask him more, but Harker just then came in, and he
25held up a warning hand. We must try to-night at sunset to make her speak more fully when in her hypnotic state. 28
26October.--Telegram. Rufus Smith, London, to Lord Godalming, care H. B. M. Vice Consul, Varna. "Czarina Catherine
27reported entering Galatz at one o'clock to-day." Dr. Seward's Diary. 28 October.--When the telegram came announcing the
28arrival in Galatz I do not think it was such a shock to any of us as might have been expected. True, we did not know
29whence, or how, or when, the bolt would come; but I think we all expected that something strange would happen. The delay
30of arrival at Varna made us individually satisfied that things would not be just as we had expected; we only waited to
31learn where the change would occur. None the less, however, was it a surprise. I suppose that nature works on such a
32hopeful basis that we believe against ourselves that things will be as they ought to be, not as we should know that they
33will be. Transcendentalism is a beacon to the angels, even if it be a will-o'-the-wisp to man. It was an odd experience
34and we all took it differently. Van Helsing raised his hand over his head for a moment, as though in remonstrance with
35the Almighty; but he said not a word, and in a few seconds stood up with his face sternly set. Lord Godalming grew very
36pale, and sat breathing heavily. I was myself half stunned and looked in wonder at one after another. Quincey Morris
37tightened his belt with that quick movement which I knew so well; in our old wandering days it meant "action." Mrs.
38Harker grew ghastly white, so that the scar on her forehead seemed to burn, but she folded her hands meekly and looked
39up in prayer. Harker smiled--actually smiled--the dark, bitter smile of one who is without hope; but at the same time
40his action belied his words, for his hands instinctively sought the hilt of the great Kukri knife and rested there.
41"When does the next train start for Galatz?" said Van Helsing to us generally. "At 6:30 to-morrow morning!" We all
42started, for the answer came from Mrs. Harker. "How on earth do you know?" said Art. "You forget--or perhaps you do not
43know, though Jonathan does and so does Dr. Van Helsing--that I am the train fiend. At home in Exeter I always used to
44make up the time-tables, so as to be helpful to my husband. I found it so useful sometimes, that I always make a study
45of the time-tables now. I knew that if anything were to take us to Castle Dracula we should go by Galatz, or at any rate
46through Bucharest, so I learned the times very carefully. Unhappily there are not many to learn, as the only train
47to-morrow leaves as I say." "Wonderful woman!" murmured the Professor. "Can't we get a special?" asked Lord Godalming.
48Van Helsing shook his head: "I fear not. This land is very different from yours or mine; even if we did have a special,
49it would probably not arrive as soon as our regular train. Moreover, we have something to prepare. We must think. Now
50let us organize. You, friend Arthur, go to the train and get the tickets and arrange that all be ready for us to go in
51the morning. Do you, friend Jonathan, go to the agent of the ship and get from him letters to the agent in Galatz, with
52authority to make search the ship just as it was here. Morris Quincey, you see the Vice-Consul, and get his aid with his
53fellow in Galatz and all he can do to make our way smooth, so that no times be lost when over the Danube. John will stay
54with Madam Mina and me, and we shall consult. For so if time be long you may be delayed; and it will not matter when the
55sun set, since I am here with Madam to make report." "And I," said Mrs. Harker brightly, and more like her old self than
56she had been for many a long day, "shall try to be of use in all ways, and shall think and write for you as I used to
57do. Something is shifting from me in some strange way, and I feel freer than I have been of late!" The three younger men
58looked happier at the moment as they seemed to realise the significance of her words; but Van Helsing and I, turning to
59each other, met each a grave and troubled glance. We said nothing at the time, however. When the three men had gone out
60to their tasks Van Helsing asked Mrs. Harker to look up the copy of the diaries and find him the part of Harker's
61journal at the Castle. She went away to get it; when the door was shut upon her he said to me:-- "We mean the same!
62speak out!" "There is some change. It is a hope that makes me sick, for it may deceive us." "Quite so. Do you know why I
63asked her to get the manuscript?" "No!" said I, "unless it was to get an opportunity of seeing me alone."
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