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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           TheRoumanianswerewild,andwantedmerightorwrongtotakeouttheboxandflingitintheriver. Ihadtoargywi’themabootitwi’ahandspike. An’whenthelasto’themroseoffthedeckwi’hisheadinhishand,Ihadconvincedthemthat,evileyeornoevileye,thepropertyandthetrustofmyownerswerebetterinmyhandsthanintheriverDanube. Theyhad,mindye,takentheboxonthedeckreadytoflingin,andasitwasmarkedGalatzviaVarna,IthochtI’dletitlietillwedischargedintheportan’getrido’talthegither. Wedidn’tdomuchclearin’thatday,an’hadtoremainthenichtatanchor. Butinthemornin’,brawan’airly,anhourbeforesunup,amancameaboardwi’anorder,writtentohimfromEngland,toreceiveaboxmarkedforoneCountDracula. Sureeneuchthematterwasonereadytohishand. Hehadhispapersa’reet,an’gladIwastoberido’thedam’thing,forIwasbeginnin’masel’tofeeluneasyatit. IftheDeildidhaveanyluggageaboordtheship,I’mthinkin’itwasnaneitherthanthatsame!" 

           "Whatwasthenameofthemanwhotookit?"askedDr.VanHelsingwithrestrainedeagerness. 

           "I’llbetellin’yequick!"heanswered,andsteppingdowntohiscabin, producedareceiptsigned"ImmanuelHildesheim."Burgen-strasse16wastheaddress. WefoundoutthatthiswasalltheCaptainknew,sowiththankswecameaway. 

           WefoundHildesheiminhisoffice,aHebrewofrathertheAdelphiTheatretype,withanoselikeasheep,andafez. 

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