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_Later._--We have met again. We seem at last to be on the track, and our work of to-morrow may be the beginning of the end. I wonder if Renfield’s quiet has anything to do with this. His moods have so followed the doings of the Count, that the coming destruction of the monster may be carried to
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 AM
_Later._--We have met again. We seem at last to be on the track, and our work of to-morrow may be the beginning of the end. I wonder if Renfield’s quiet has anything to do with this. His moods have so followed the doings of the Count, that the coming destruction of the monster may be carried to
I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats.
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats.
To-day Harker is out following up his clue, and Art and Quincey are looking after horses. Godalming thinks that it will be well to have horses always in readiness, for when we get the information which we seek there will be no time to lose. We must sterilise all the imported earth between sunrise
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
To-day Harker is out following up his clue, and Art and Quincey are looking after horses. Godalming thinks that it will be well to have horses always in readiness, for when we get the information which we seek there will be no time to lose. We must sterilise all the imported earth between sunrise
This morning the man on duty reported to me that a little after midnight he was restless and kept saying his prayers somewhat loudly. I asked him if that was all; he replied that it was all he heard. There was something about his manner so suspicious that I asked him point blank if he had been
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This morning the man on duty reported to me that a little after midnight he was restless and kept saying his prayers somewhat loudly. I asked him if that was all; he replied that it was all he heard. There was something about his manner so suspicious that I asked him point blank if he had been
Before going to bed I went round to the patient’s room and looked in through the observation trap. He was sleeping soundly, and his heart rose and fell with regular respiration.
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Before going to bed I went round to the patient’s room and looked in through the observation trap. He was sleeping soundly, and his heart rose and fell with regular respiration.
_2 October._--I placed a man in the corridor last night, and told him to make an accurate note of any sound he might hear from Renfield’s room, and gave him instructions that if there should be anything strange he was to call me. After dinner, when we had all gathered round the fire in the
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
_2 October._--I placed a man in the corridor last night, and told him to make an accurate note of any sound he might hear from Renfield’s room, and gave him instructions that if there should be anything strange he was to call me. After dinner, when we had all gathered round the fire in the
_Dr. Seward’s Diary._
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
_Dr. Seward’s Diary._
“MITCHELL, SONS & CANDY.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“MITCHELL, SONS & CANDY.”
“Your Lordship’s humble servants,
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“Your Lordship’s humble servants,
“We are, my Lord,
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“We are, my Lord,
“We are at all times only too happy to meet your wishes. We beg, with regard to the desire of your Lordship, expressed by Mr. Harker on your behalf, to supply the following information concerning the sale and purchase of No. 347, Piccadilly. The original vendors are the executors of the late Mr.
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“We are at all times only too happy to meet your wishes. We beg, with regard to the desire of your Lordship, expressed by Mr. Harker on your behalf, to supply the following information concerning the sale and purchase of No. 347, Piccadilly. The original vendors are the executors of the late Mr.
_Letter, Mitchell, Sons and Candy to Lord Godalming._
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
_Letter, Mitchell, Sons and Candy to Lord Godalming._
His is a curious case indeed; we must watch him to-night.
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
His is a curious case indeed; we must watch him to-night.
_Later._--I went after my round to Van Helsing and told him my suspicion. He grew very grave; and, after thinking the matter over for a while asked me to take him to Renfield. I did so. As we came to the door we heard the lunatic within singing gaily, as he used to do in the time which now seems so
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
_Later._--I went after my round to Van Helsing and told him my suspicion. He grew very grave; and, after thinking the matter over for a while asked me to take him to Renfield. I did so. As we came to the door we heard the lunatic within singing gaily, as he used to do in the time which now seems so
Merciful God! the Count has been to him, and there is some new scheme of terror afoot!
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Merciful God! the Count has been to him, and there is some new scheme of terror afoot!
And the assurance--?
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
And the assurance--?
Despises the meaner forms of life altogether, though he dreads being haunted by their souls.
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Despises the meaner forms of life altogether, though he dreads being haunted by their souls.
Despises the meaner forms of life altogether, though he dreads being haunted by their souls.
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Despises the meaner forms of life altogether, though he dreads being haunted by their souls.
Fears the thought of being burdened with the “soul” of anything.
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Fears the thought of being burdened with the “soul” of anything.
Will not mention “drinking.”
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Will not mention “drinking.”
“Dr. Seward, you have been very considerate towards me. Believe me that I am very, very grateful to you!” I thought it well to leave him in this mood, and so I came away. There is certainly something to ponder over in this man’s state. Several points seem to make what the American interviewer
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
“Dr. Seward, you have been very considerate towards me. Believe me that I am very, very grateful to you!” I thought it well to leave him in this mood, and so I came away. There is certainly something to ponder over in this man’s state. Several points seem to make what the American interviewer
“Forgive me, Doctor; I forgot myself. You do not need any help. I am so worried in my mind that I am apt to be irritable. If you only knew the problem I have to face, and that I am working out, you would pity, and tolerate, and pardon me. Pray do not put me in a strait-waistcoat. I want to think
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
“Forgive me, Doctor; I forgot myself. You do not need any help. I am so worried in my mind that I am apt to be irritable. If you only knew the problem I have to face, and that I am working out, you would pity, and tolerate, and pardon me. Pray do not put me in a strait-waistcoat. I want to think
“I don’t want an elephant’s soul, or any soul at all!” he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. “To hell with you and your souls!” he shouted. “Why do you plague me about
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“I don’t want an elephant’s soul, or any soul at all!” he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. “To hell with you and your souls!” he shouted. “Why do you plague me about