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Chapter 1 Count Dracula's Castle Jonathan Harker's diary, the third of May, bistrates.
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I left Munich at 8 .35 in the evening on the first of May, and I arrived early the next morning.
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My train was an hour late, so I didn't have a lot of time to visit Budapest, but it's a lovely place.
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The west meets the east here, some of the places in the town are almost Turkish.
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The bridges over the river Danube are beautiful.
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The following morning we left on time.
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We arrived in Clouzenberg late in the evening.
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I stayed the night at the hotel Royal.
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I had an excellent dinner, chicken with hot red pepper.
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I asked the waiter about it.
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It's a national dish called Paprika Hendel.
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I must ask for the recipe.
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I want to give it to Meena.
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I'm going to meet an important man.
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He lives in Castle Dracula.
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He's a Count.
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The castle is in the east of the country.
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It's between Transylvania, Moldavia and Bukovina.
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It's in the middle of the Carpathian mountains.
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I'm going to his castle tomorrow.
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The Count wants to buy a house in England.
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Mr. Hawkins, my employer, has sent me here.
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We have found a large house for the Count.
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It's in the village of Carfax.
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I have some drawings to show the Count.
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I also took some photographs with my Kodak.
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It's quite an old house, but Mr. Hawkins says it's perfect for the Count.
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I hope Count Dracula likes it.
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I didn't sleep very well after my dinner.
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My bed was comfortable, but I had a lot of strange dreams.
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A dog was howling under my window.
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It howled for a lot of the night.
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I was also very thirsty, perhaps because of the Paprika.
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I had more Paprika for breakfast in a dish called Impletata.
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It was also very good.
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I must ask for the recipe for this dish, too.
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After breakfast, I went to the station.
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My train was at 8 o 'clock, and the journey was beautiful.
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We passed small towns, castles, hills and rivers.
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It was early evening when I arrived here in Bistridz.
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An old lady at the Golden Cron hotel was expecting me.
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She gave me a letter from Count Dracula.
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It has directions for my journey tomorrow.
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The Fourth of May I'm writing this while I'm waiting for the coach.
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The coach is going to take me to Count Dracula's castle.
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This morning I asked the old lady and her husband about Count Dracula.
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I asked about his castle.
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They looked very frightened.
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They made the sign of a cross several times.
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They said they didn't know anything.
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They didn't want to talk about it.
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A little later, the old lady came to speak to me.
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Do you have to go, sir?
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Do you have to go?
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Tomorrow is St. George's day.
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Tonight at midnight all the bad things in the world will happen.
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You don't understand.
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Don't go, sir.
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Please wait until after St. George's day.
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Then she took a cross from her neck.
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For your mother, she said, and she put the cross around my neck.
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It was very strange.
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I must ask the Count about it.
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Ah, here's the coach.
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Goodbye for now.
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The Fifth of May, the castle.
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I got on the coach and waited for the driver.
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He was talking to the old lady.
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They were talking about me.
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I didn't understand a lot of what they said, so I opened my little language dictionary.
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The words I heard didn't make me feel very happy.
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I heard Stregoica, which then Vrolok and Vlokoslak will for vampire.
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I must ask the Count about this, too.
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When the coach left, there were a lot of people at the coach station.
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They all made the sign of a cross.
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Then they pointed two fingers towards me.
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Again, I didn't feel very happy.
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I asked another passenger about this.
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He said that it was a sign against evil.
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The people wanted to protect me.
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But why?
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I didn't understand.
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This journey was also very beautiful.
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The fields were green, and the apple trees and cherry trees were full of flowers.
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In the distance, we could see the snowy mountains.
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The coach driver drove very fast, but sometimes the road was difficult.
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These hills are difficult for the horses, I said to the driver.
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At home, we usually walk if the horses have problems.
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Why don't we walk?
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But the driver didn't want us to walk.
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The dogs here are evil, he said.
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It's too dangerous to walk.
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It began to get dark.
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The driver stopped for a moment.
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He lit the lamps on the coach.
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Then we started again.
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He was driving even more quickly.
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He seemed frightened of something.
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The horses seemed tired, but the driver didn't stop.
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He went faster and faster.
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We were getting near to my meeting place, the place where I had to meet Count Dracula's driver.
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When we arrived, it was completely dark.
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There was no one there.
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All the other passengers wanted me to stay on the coach.
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They wanted me to go to Bukovina.
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Then there was a sound in the distance.
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It was the sound of horses.
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We could see lights too.
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Count Dracula's coach was coming.
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The Count's driver got down from the coach.
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He was a tall man with a large black hat.
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His hat hid his face, but I could see his eyes.
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They looked red in the light from our lamps.
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He went towards our driver and said, I, are you so early?
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Did you want to miss me?
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Don't you want the gentleman to come with me?
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He smiled.
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It was a hard smile.
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He had very thin lips and very sharp, white teeth.
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Our driver seemed afraid, and he didn't answer.
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I got on to the Count's coach.
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The Count's driver helped me.
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I noticed that he was incredibly strong.
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The four huge black horses started off very fast.
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I was cold.
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I was also a little afraid.
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The driver put a coat over my shoulders and we went on into the night.
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I looked at my watch in the light from the lamps.
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It was nearly midnight.
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In the distance, I heard a wolf howl.
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Then another and another.
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It got louder and louder.
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I was afraid, and the horses were afraid too.
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The drivers spoke to them and they calmed down.
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He wasn't afraid.
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It got colder and colder.
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Snow started to fall.
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Suddenly in the distance, I saw a blue light.
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The driver saw it too.
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He got down from the coach and went towards the light.
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He held up his hand.
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The wolves were silent.
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Then strangely, the wolves disappeared.
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We drove on.
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Then I saw it.
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The castle in the distance.
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Count Dracula's castle.
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The horses took us to the front of the castle.
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It was huge, dark and frightening.
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The driver helped me down from the coach.
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Again, I noticed that he was very strong.
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He put my bags down next to me.
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Then he disappeared with the coach and horses.
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I was alone.
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I was alone in front of the huge castle door.
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I stood in silence and looked for a bell.
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I couldn't see one.
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I was frightened.
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I didn't know what to do.
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What kind of place was this?
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Where was I?
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I waited and waited.
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It seemed like a very long time.
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Then I heard something.
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Someone was coming to the door.
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Slowly the huge door opened.
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A tall man stood in front of me.
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He was holding a lamp.
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He had a long white moustache and was very pale.
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He was dressed completely in black.
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He spoke to me in excellent English.
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Welcome to my home.
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Please come in.
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Then he shook my hand.
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His hands were incredibly strong.
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It almost hurt me.
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Count Dracula, I asked.
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Yes, I am Dracula.
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Welcome to my home, Mr. Harca.
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Come in.
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The night is cold and you are probably tired and hungry.
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Then he picked up my bags and I followed him.
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He took me up the stairs and along a long corridor.
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More stairs.
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Then along another corridor.
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The castle seemed dark and depressing.
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At the end of the second corridor he opened a huge door.
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Here, this is your room.
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I hope you will be comfortable.
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I was happy to see the room was full of light.
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There was a beautiful fire.
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Thank you.
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I'm sure I will be, I said.
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Now, when you are ready, please come downstairs for supper.
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The count left me.
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I washed and I changed my clothes.
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Then I went downstairs to have something to eat.
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The food was delicious.
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There was some chicken, some cheese and some salad.
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The count didn't eat anything.
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I had my supper before you arrived, he said.
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While I ate my supper, I looked at the count.
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He was tall with a thin sharp nose.
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He had a lot of hair on his head, but he also had hair on his hands.
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His face was pale and his lips were blood red.
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His teeth were very white and very sharp.
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Two of them were longer.
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These two teeth came over his lips.
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They looked like a dog's teeth.
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He looked very strange.
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And now you must go to bed, said the count.
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Sleep for as long as you want.
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In the distance we could hear the wolves howling.
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Listen to them.
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Listen to the music they make.
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They are like the children of the night, said the count.
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I was surprised.
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I didn't like the sound of the wolves.
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The seventh of May.
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I had a good day yesterday.
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I woke up late and went downstairs.
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Breakfast was ready.
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There was a note on the table.
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I have to go away for some time today.
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Enjoy your breakfast.
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Do not wait for me. D.
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After breakfast, I looked around the castle.
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It's a very strange place.
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A lot of the doors are locked.
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It's very quiet.
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The only sounds I hear are the sounds of the wolves.
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In some rooms there's some beautiful furniture and there are some beautiful pictures.
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In other rooms some of the furniture is dirty and old.
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I haven't seen any servants.
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Strangely, there are no mirrors in the castle.
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I used my small travel mirror to shave this morning.
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This afternoon I found a kind of library.
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I was very happy to find some English books in there.
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The count says I can use the library at any time.
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I can also go into any rooms in the castle except the rooms which are locked.
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In the evening he asked me about the great house in Carfax.
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I told him about it.
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I showed him my Kodak photographs of it.
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It's not a very nice place.
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It's old and big and a little bit depressing.
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It has an old chapel in the gardens.
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There's a psychiatric hospital nearby but there aren't many houses.
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The count thinks that's a good thing.
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He doesn't like places which are full of people.
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He likes old places.
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He seems happy with it.
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I still think he's a very strange man.
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Again we talked until late.
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Again I had my supper alone.
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The count didn't eat with me.
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The eighth of May.
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I woke up late this morning.
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I seemed to be living my life at night, not during the day.
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While I was shaving, the count came into my room.
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I was surprised, so I cut myself.
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I couldn't see him in my mirror.
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I turned around and he saw the blood on my face.
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He tried to attack me.
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He seemed to want my blood.
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Then his hand touched the cross on my neck.
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He stepped back.
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Almost immediately he became calm.
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Then he surprised me again.
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He took my mirror and threw it out of the window.
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It broke into a thousand pieces.
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Now how am I going to shave?
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I had my breakfast alone.
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The count wasn't there.
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It's strange.
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I have never seen him eat or drink.
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After breakfast I looked around the castle some more.
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It's on the edge of a very high cliff.
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Below it there's a huge forest.
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More importantly there isn't an exit.
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All the doors are locked.
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The only way out is through the very high windows and impossible exit.
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It's a prison.
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And I'm a prisoner.
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I'm a prisoner here.
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