Bram Stoker

, what a wealth of sor­row in a few words! Poor Mrs. Westenra! poor Lucy!

But he is right enough about the beds and windows and things

What I saw was the Count’s head com­ing out from the win­dow. I did not

I was not alone. The room was the same, un­changed in any way since I came into it; I could see along the floor, in the bril­liant moon­light, my own foot­step

Some of the “New Wo­men” writers will some day start an idea that men and wo­men should be al­lowed to see each other asleep be­fore pro­pos­ing or ac­cept­ing. But I sup­pose the New Wo­man won’t con­des­cend in fu­ture to ac­cept; she will do the pro­pos­ing her­self. And a nice job she will make of it, too! There’s some con­sol­a­tion in that.

I have been more touched than I can say by your grief. That is a won­der­ful ma­chine, but it is cruelly true. It told me, in its very tones, the an­guish of your heart. It was like a soul cry­ing out to Almighty God. No one must hear them spoken ever again! See, I have tried to be use­ful. I have copied out the words on my type­writer, and none other need now hear your heart beat, as I did.”

Good night, every­body.

The chances are des­per­ate, but my need is more des­per­ate still. I shall risk it. At the worst it can only be death; and a man’s death is not a calf’s, and the dreaded Here­after may still be open to me.

These may be the last words I ever write in this di­ary. I slept till just be­fore the dawn, and when I woke threw my­self on my knees, for I de­term­ined that if Death came he should find me ready.

I am alone in the castle with those aw­ful wo­men. Faugh! Mina is a wo­man, and there is nought in com­mon. They are dev­ils of the Pit!