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Fortunately it came at a time when there was no distractionFor had it occurred whilst we were at a station, we might not have secured the necessary calm and isolationHarker yielded to the hypnotic influence even less readily than this morningI am in fear that her power of reading the Count's sensations may die away, just when we want it mostIt seems to me that her imagination is beginning to workWhilst she has been in the trance hitherto she has confined herself to the simplest of factsIf this goes on it may ultimately mislead usIf I thought that the Count's power over her would die away equally with her power of knowledge it would be a happy thoughtBut I am afraid that it may not be so When she did speak, her words were enigmatical, "Something is going outI can feel it pass me like a cold windI can hear, far off, confused sounds, as of men talking in strange tongues, fierce falling water, and the howling of wolves She stopped and a shudder ran through her, increasing in intensity for a few seconds, till at the end, she shook as though in a palsyShe said no more, even in answer to the Professor's imperative questioningWhen she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid, but her mind was all alertShe could not remember anything, but asked what she had saidWhen she was told, she pondered over it deeply for a long time and in silence 30 October, 7 A-We are near Galatz now, and I may not have time to write laterSunrise this morning was anxiously looked for by us allKnowing of the increasing difficulty of procuring the hypnotic trance, Van Helsing began his passes earlier than usualThey produced no effect, however, until the regular time, when she yielded with a still greater difficulty, only a minute before the sun roseThe Professor lost no time in his questioning Her answer came with equal quickness, "All is darkI hear water swirling by, level with my ears, and the creaking of wood on woodThere is another sound, a queer one like?" She stopped and grew white, and whiter still "Go on, go on! Speak, I command you!" said Van Helsing in an agonized voiceAt the same time there was despair in his eyes, for the risen sun was reddening even MrsShe opened her eyes, and we all started as she said, sweetly and seemingly with the utmost unconcern "Oh, Professor, why ask me to do what you know I can't? I don't remember anything Then, seeing the look of amazement on our faces, she said, turning from one to the other with a troubled look, "What have I said? What have I done? I know nothing, only that I was lying here, half asleep, and heard you say 'go on! speak, I command you!' It seemed so funny to hear you order me about, as if I were a bad child!" "Oh, Madam Mina," he said, sadly, "it is proof, if proof be needed, of how I love and honour you, when a word for your good, spoken more earnest than ever, can seem so strange because it is to order her whom I am proud to obey!" The whistles are soundingWe are nearing GalatzWe are on fire with anxiety and eagerness MINA HARKER'S JOURNAL 30 OctoberMorris took me to the hotel where our rooms had been ordered by telegraph, he being the one who could best be spared, since he does not speak any foreign languageThe forces were distributed much as they had been at Varna, except that Lord Godalming went to the Vice Consul, as his rank might serve as an immediate guarantee of some sort to the official, we being in extreme hurryJonathan and the two doctors went to the shipping agent to learn particulars of the arrival of the Czarina Catherine-Lord Godalming has returnedThe Consul is away, and the Vice Consul sickSo the routine work has been attended to by a shop clerk

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