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Dracula

24 October.—A whole week of waiting. Daily
telegrams to Godalming, but only the same story. ‘Not yet
reported.’ Mina’s morning and evening hypnotic answer is
unvaried. Lapping waves, rushing water, and creaking

masts.
TELEGRAM, OCTOBER 24TH RUFUS SMITH,
LLOYD’S, LONDON, TO LORD GODALMING,
CARE OF H. B. M. VICE CONSUL, VARNA
‘Czarina Catherine reported this morning from
Dardanelles.’
DR. SEWARD’S DIARY
25 October.—How I miss my phonograph! To write a
diary with a pen is irksome to me! But Van Helsing says I
must. We were all wild with excitement yesterday when
Godalming got his telegram from Lloyd’s. I know now
what men feel in battle when the call to action is heard.
Mrs. Harker, alone of our party, did not show any signs of
emotion. After all, it is not strange that she did not, for we
took special care not to let her know anything about it,
and we all tried not to show any excitement when we
were in her presence. In old days she would, I am sure,
have noticed, no matter how we might have tried to
conceal it. But in this way she is greatly changed during
the past three weeks. The lethargy grows upon her, and

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