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           Sevenyearsagoweallwentthroughtheflames. Andthehappinessofsomeofussincethenis,wethink,wellworththepainweendured. ItisanaddedjoytoMinaandtomethatourboy’sbirthdayisthesamedayasthatonwhichQuinceyMorrisdied. Hismotherholds,Iknow,thesecretbeliefthatsomeofourbravefriend’sspirithaspassedintohim. Hisbundleofnameslinksallourlittlebandofmentogether. ButwecallhimQuincey. 

           InthesummerofthisyearwemadeajourneytoTransylvania,andwentovertheoldgroundwhichwas,andis,toussofullofvividandterriblememories. Itwasalmostimpossibletobelievethatthethingswhichwehadseenwithourowneyesandheardwithourownearswerelivingtruths. Everytraceofallthathadbeenwasblottedout. Thecastlestoodasbefore,rearedhighaboveawasteofdesolation. 

           Whenwegothomeweweretalkingoftheoldtime,whichwecouldalllookbackonwithoutdespair,forGodalmingandSewardarebothhappilymarried. Itookthepapersfromthesafewheretheyhadbeeneversinceourreturnsolongago. Wewerestruckwiththefact,thatinallthemassofmaterialofwhichtherecordiscomposed,thereishardlyoneauthenticdocument. Nothingbutamassoftypewriting,exceptthelaternotebooksofMinaandSewardandmyself,andVanHelsing’smemorandum. Wecouldhardlyaskanyone,evendidwewishto,toaccepttheseasproofsofsowildastory. VanHelsingsummeditallupashesaid,withourboyonhisknee. 

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