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Dracula

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr.
Renfield, ‘Goodbye, and I hope I may see you often,
under auspices pleasanter to yourself.’
To which, to my astonishment, he replied, ‘Goodbye,

my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face
again. May He bless and keep you!’
When I went to the station to meet Van Helsing I left
the boys behind me. Poor Art seemed more cheerful than
he has been since Lucy first took ill, and Quincey is more
like his own bright self than he has been for many a long
day.
Van Helsing stepped from the carriage with the eager
nimbleness of a boy. He saw me at once, and rushed up to
me, saying, ‘Ah, friend John, how goes all? Well? So! I
have been busy, for I come here to stay if need be. All
affairs are settled with me, and I have much to tell. Madam
Mina is with you? Yes. And her so fine husband? And
Arthur and my friend Quincey, they are with you, too?
Good!’
As I drove to the house I told him of what had passed,
and of how my own diary had come to be of some use
through Mrs. Harker’s suggestion, at which the Professor
interrupted me.

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