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1DR. SEWARD'S DIARY 29 October.--This is written in the train from Varna to Galatz. Last night we all assembled a little
2before the time of sunset. Each of us had done his work as well as he could; so far as thought, and endeavour, and
3opportunity go, we are prepared for the whole of our journey, and for our work when we get to Galatz. When the usual
4time came round Mrs. Harker prepared herself for her hypnotic effort; and after a longer and more serious effort on the
5part of Van Helsing than has been usually necessary, she sank into the trance. Usually she speaks on a hint; but this
6time the Professor had to ask her questions, and to ask them pretty resolutely, before we could learn anything; at last
7her answer came:-- "I can see nothing; we are still; there are no waves lapping, but only a steady swirl of water softly
8running against the hawser. I can hear men's voices calling, near and far, and the roll and creak of oars in the
9rowlocks. A gun is fired somewhere; the echo of it seems far away. There is tramping of feet overhead, and ropes and
10chains are dragged along. What is this? There is a gleam of light; I can feel the air blowing upon me." Here she
11stopped. She had risen, as if impulsively, from where she lay on the sofa, and raised both her hands, palms upwards, as
12if lifting a weight. Van Helsing and I looked at each other with understanding. Quincey raised his eyebrows slightly and
13looked at her intently, whilst Harker's hand instinctively closed round the hilt of his Kukri. There was a long pause.
14We all knew that the time when she could speak was passing; but we felt that it was useless to say anything. Suddenly
15she sat up, and, as she opened her eyes, said sweetly:-- "Would none of you like a cup of tea? You must all be so
16tired!" We could only make her happy, and so acquiesced. She bustled off to get tea; when she had gone Van Helsing
17said:-- "You see, my friends. He is close to land: he has left his earth-chest. But he has yet to get on shore. In the
18night he may lie hidden somewhere; but if he be not carried on shore, or if the ship do not touch it, he cannot achieve
19the land. In such case he can, if it be in the night, change his form and can jump or fly on shore, as he did at Whitby.
20But if the day come before he get on shore, then, unless he be carried he cannot escape. And if he be carried, then the
21customs men may discover what the box contain. Thus, in fine, if he escape not on shore to-night, or before dawn, there
22will be the whole day lost to him. We may then arrive in time; for if he escape not at night we shall come on him in
23daytime, boxed up and at our mercy; for he dare not be his true self, awake and visible, lest he be discovered." There
24was no more to be said, so we waited in patience until the dawn; at which time we might learn more from Mrs. Harker.
25Early this morning we listened, with breathless anxiety, for her response in her trance. The hypnotic stage was even
26longer in coming than before; and when it came the time remaining until full sunrise was so short that we began to
27despair. Van Helsing seemed to throw his whole soul into the effort; at last, in obedience to his will she made reply:--
28"All is dark. I hear lapping water, level with me, and some creaking as of wood on wood." She paused, and the red sun
29shot up. We must wait till to-night. And so it is that we are travelling towards Galatz in an agony of expectation. We
30are due to arrive between two and three in the morning; but already, at Bucharest, we are three hours late, so we cannot
31possibly get in till well after sun-up. Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs. Harker; either or both
32may possibly throw more light on what is happening. Later.--Sunset has come and gone. Fortunately it came at a time when
33there was no distraction; for had it occurred whilst we were at a station, we might not have secured the necessary calm
34and isolation. Mrs. Harker yielded to the hypnotic influence even less readily than this morning. I am in fear that her
35power of reading the Count's sensations may die away, just when we want it most. It seems to me that her imagination is
36beginning to work. Whilst she has been in the trance hitherto she has confined herself to the simplest of facts. If this
37goes on it may ultimately mislead us. If I thought that the Count's power over her would die away equally with her power
38of knowledge it would be a happy thought; but I am afraid that it may not be so. When she did speak, her words were
39enigmatical:-- "Something is going out; I can feel it pass me like a cold wind. I can hear, far off, confused sounds--as
40of men talking in strange tongues, fierce-falling water, and the howling of wolves." She stopped and a shudder ran
41through her, increasing in intensity for a few seconds, till, at the end, she shook as though in a palsy. She said no
42more, even in answer to the Professor's imperative questioning. When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and
43exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert. She could not remember anything, but asked what she had said; when
44she was told, she pondered over it deeply for a long time and in silence. 30 October, 7 a. m.--We are near Galatz now,
45and I may not have time to write later. Sunrise this morning was anxiously looked for by us all. Knowing of the
46increasing difficulty of procuring the hypnotic trance, Van Helsing began his passes earlier than usual. They produced
47no effect, however, until the regular time, when she yielded with a still greater difficulty, only a minute before the
48sun rose. The Professor lost no time in his questioning; her answer came with equal quickness:-- "All is dark. I hear
49water swirling by, level with my ears, and the creaking of wood on wood. Cattle low far off. There is another sound, a
50queer one like----" She stopped and grew white, and whiter still. "Go on; go on! Speak, I command you!" said Van Helsing
51in an agonised voice. At the same time there was despair in his eyes, for the risen sun was reddening even Mrs. Harker's
52pale face. She opened her eyes, and we all started as she said, sweetly and seemingly with the utmost unconcern:-- "Oh,
53Professor, why ask me to do what you know I can't? I don't remember anything." Then, seeing the look of amazement on our
54faces, she said, turning from one to the other with a troubled look:-- "What have I said? What have I done? I know
55nothing, only that I was lying here, half asleep, and heard you say 'go on! speak, I command you!' It seemed so funny to
56hear you order me about, as if I were a bad child!" "Oh, Madam Mina," he said, sadly, "it is proof, if proof be needed,
57of how I love and honour you, when a word for your good, spoken more earnest than ever, can seem so strange because it
58is to order her whom I am proud to obey!" The whistles are sounding; we are nearing Galatz. We are on fire with anxiety
59and eagerness. Mina Harker's Journal. 30 October.--Mr. Morris took me to the hotel where our rooms had been ordered by
60telegraph, he being the one who could best be spared, since he does not speak any foreign language. The forces were
61distributed much as they had been at Varna, except that Lord Godalming went to the Vice-Consul, as his rank might serve
62as an immediate guarantee of some sort to the official, we being in extreme hurry. Jonathan and the two doctors went to
63the shipping agent to learn particulars of the arrival of the Czarina Catherine. Later.--Lord Godalming has returned.
64The Consul is away, and the Vice-Consul sick; so the routine work has been attended to by a clerk. He was very obliging,
65and offered to do anything in his power. Jonathan Harker's Journal.
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