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impulse, and Van Helsing, holding up his hand to us to
keep silence, stepped to the door and opened it. The boy
handed in a dispatch. The Professor closed the door again,
and after looking at the direction, opened it and read

aloud.
‘Look out for D. He has just now, 12:45, come from
Carfax hurriedly and hastened towards the South. He
seems to be going the round and may want to see you:
Mina.’
There was a pause, broken by Jonathan Harker’s voice,
‘Now, God be thanked, we shall soon meet!’
Van Helsing turned to him quickly and said, ‘God will
act in His own way and time. Do not fear, and do not
rejoice as yet. For what we wish for at the moment may
be our own undoings.’
‘I care for nothing now,’ he answered hotly, ‘except to
wipe out this brute from the face of creation. I would sell
my soul to do it!’
‘Oh, hush, hush, my child!’ said Van Helsing. ‘God
does not purchase souls in this wise, and the Devil, though
he may purchase, does not keep faith. But God is merciful
and just, and knows your pain and your devotion to that
dear Madam Mina. Think you, how her pain would be
doubled, did she but hear your wild words. Do not fear

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