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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           Isoonlostsightandrecollectionofghostlyfearsinthebeautyofthesceneaswedrovealong,althoughhadIknownthelanguage,orratherlanguages,whichmyfellow-passengerswerespeaking,Imightnothavebeenabletothrowthemoffsoeasily. Beforeuslayagreenslopinglandfullofforestsandwoods,withhereandtheresteephills,crownedwithclumpsoftreesorwithfarmhouses,theblankgableendtotheroad. Therewaseverywhereabewilderingmassoffruitblossomapple,plum,pear,cherry. AndaswedrovebyIcouldseethegreengrassunderthetreesspangledwiththefallenpetals. Inandoutamongstthesegreenhillsofwhattheycallherethe"MittelLand"rantheroad,losingitselfasitsweptroundthegrassycurve,orwasshutoutbythestragglingendsofpinewoods,whichhereandthererandownthehillsidesliketonguesofflame. Theroadwasrugged,butstillweseemedtoflyoveritwithafeverishhaste. Icouldnotunderstandthenwhatthehastemeant,butthedriverwasevidentlybentonlosingnotimeinreachingBorgoPrund. Iwastoldthatthisroadisinsummertimeexcellent,butthatithadnotyetbeenputinorderafterthewintersnows.InthisrespectitisdifferentfromthegeneralrunofroadsintheCarpathians,foritisanoldtraditionthattheyarenottobekeptintoogoodorder. OfoldtheHospadarswouldnotrepairthem,lesttheTurkshouldthinkthattheywerepreparingtobringinforeigntroops,andsohastenthewarwhichwasalwaysreallyatloadingpoint. 

           BeyondthegreenswellinghillsoftheMittelLandrosemightyslopesofforestuptotheloftysteepsoftheCarpathiansthemselves. Rightandleftofustheytowered,withtheafternoonsunfallingfulluponthemandbringingoutallthegloriouscoloursofthisbeautifulrange, deepblueandpurpleintheshadowsofthepeaks,greenandbrownwheregrassandrockmingled,andanendlessperspectiveofjaggedrockandpointedcrags,tillthesewerethemselveslostinthedistance,wherethesnowypeaksrosegrandly. 

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