Dracula
Bram Stoker

Count Dracula's Castle
Chapter One

• 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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