"This is the work of a Slovak!" We hurried away lest we should have been in some way drawn into the affair, and so detained As we came home we could arrive at no definite conclusionWe were all convinced that the box was on its way, by water, to somewhere, but where that might be we would have to discoverWith heavy hearts we came home to the hotel to Mina When we met together, the first thing was to consult as to taking Mina again into our confidenceThings are getting desperate, and it is at least a chance, though a hazardous oneAs a preliminary step, I was released from my promise to her MINA HARKER'S JOURNAL 30 October, evening-They were so tired and worn out and dispirited that there was nothing to be done till they had some rest, so I asked them all to lie down for half an hour whilst I should enter everything up to the momentI feel so grateful to the man who invented the "Traveller's" typewriter, and to MrMorris for getting this one for meI should have felt quite astray doing the work if I had to write with a pen? It is all donePoor dear, dear Jonathan, what he must have suffered, what he must be suffering nowHe lies on the sofa hardly seeming to breathe, and his whole body appears in collapseHis face is drawn with painPoor fellow, maybe he is thinking, and I can see his face all wrinkled up with the concentration of his thoughtsOh! if I could only help at allI shall do what I canVan Helsing, and he has got me all the papers that I have not yet seenWhilst they are resting, I shall go over all carefully, and perhaps I may arrive at some conclusionI shall try to follow the Professor's example, and think without prejudice on the facts before me? I do believe that under God's providence I have made a discoveryI shall get the maps and look over them I am more than ever sure that I am rightMy new conclusion is ready, so I shall get our party together and read itIt is well to be accurate, and every minute is precious MINA HARKER'S MEMORANDUM (ENTERED IN HER JOURNAL) Ground of inquiry-Count Dracula's problem is to get back to his own place (a) He must be brought back by some oneThis is evident; for had he power to move himself as he wished he could go either as man, or wolf, or bat, or in some other wayHe evidently fears discovery or interference, in the state of helplessness in which he must be, confined as he is between dawn and sunset in his wooden box (b) How is he to be taken?--Here a process of exclusions may help usBy road, by rail, by water? 1-There are endless difficulties, especially in leaving the city (x) There are peopleAnd people are curious, and investigateA hint, a surmise, a doubt as to what might be in the box, would destroy him (y) There are, or there may be, customs and octroi officers to pass (z) His pursuers might followThis is his highest fearAnd in order to prevent his being betrayed he has repelled, so far as he can, even his victim, me! shop 2

Even those who, either from knowing the MANAGEMENT of the Society, or from other grounds, doubted the policy of establishing medals, saw much to admire in the tone and spirit in which they were offered The Council immediately came to the resolution of gratefully accepting them: and it appears that the President communicated that resolution, on the 26th, to MrPeel, in a letter, which is found on the minutes of the Council-book of the 26th of January At the same Council, the rules for the award of the Royal medals were decided upon; they were as follow:-- 26th January, 1826 RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of the Council, that the medals be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations, completed and made known to the Royal Society in the year preceding the day of their award That it is the opinion of the Council, that the presentation of the medals should not be limited to British subjects And they propose, if it should be His Majesty's pleasure, that his effigy should form the obverse of the medal That two medals from the same die should be struck upon each foundation; one in gold, one in silver If these rules are not the wisest which might have been formed, yet they are tolerably explicit; and it might have been imagined that even a councillor of the Royal Society, prepared for office by the education of a pleader, could not have mystified his brethren so completely, as to have made them doubt on the point of time The rules fixed precisely, that the discoveries or experiments rewarded, must be completed and made known to the Royal Society, within the YEAR PRECEDING THE DAY of the award Perhaps it might have been a proper mark of respect to this communication, to have convened a special general meeting of the Society, to have made known to the whole body the munificent endowment of their Patron: and when his approbation of the laws which were to govern the distribution of these medals had been intimated to the Council, such a course would have been in complete accordance with the wish expressed in MrPeel's letter, "TO EXCITE COMPETITION AMONGST MEN OF SCIENCE" by making them generally known Let us now examine the first award of these medals: it is recorded in the following words:-- November 16, 1826 ONE of the medals of His Majesty's donation for the present year was awarded to John Dalton, EsqPresident of the Philosophical and Literary Society, Manchester, for his development of the Atomic Theory, and his other important labours and discoveries in physical science The other medal for the present year was awarded to James Ivory, Esqfor his paper on Astronomical Refractions, published in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1823, and his other valuable papers on mathematical subjects The Copley medal was awarded to James South, Esqfor his observations of double stars, and his paper on the discordances between the sun's observed and computed right ascensions, published in the Transactions It is difficult to believe that the same Council, which, in January, formed the laws for the distribution of these medals, should meet together in November, and in direct violation of these laws, award them to two philosophers, one of whom had made, and fully established, his great discovery almost twenty years before; and the other of whom (to stultify themselves still more effectually) they expressly rewarded for a paper made known to them three years before Were the rules for the award of these medals read previous to their decision? Or were the obedient Council only used to register the edict of their President? Or were they mocked, as they have been in other instances, with the semblance of a free discussion? Has it never occurred to gentlemen who have been thus situated, that although they have in truth had no part in the decision, yet the Society and the public will justly attribute a portion of the merit or demerit of their award, to those to whom that trust was confided? Did no one member of the Council venture, with the most submissive deference, to suggest to the President, that the public eye would watch with interest this first decision on the Royal medals, and that it might perhaps be more discreet to adjudge them, for the first time, in accordance with the laws which had been made for their distribution? Or was public opinion then held in supreme contempt? Was it scouted, as I have myself heard it scouted, in the councils of the Royal Society? Or was the President exempt, on this occasion, from the responsibility of dictating an award in direct violation of the faith which had been pledged to the Society and to the public? and, did the Council, intent on exercising a power so rarely committed to them; and, perhaps, urged by the near approach of their hour of dinner, dispense with the formality of reading the laws on which they were about to act? Whatever may have been the cause, the result was most calamitous to the Society Its decision was attacked on other grounds; for, with a strange neglect, the Council had taken no pains to make known, either to the Society, or to the public, the rules they had made for the adjudication of these medals The evils resulting from this decision were many In the first place, it was most indecorous and ungrateful to treat with such neglect the rules which had been approved by our Royal Patron In the next place, the medals themselves became almost worthless from this original taint: and they ceased to excite "competition amongst men of science," because no man could feel the least security that he should get them, even though his discoveries should fulfil all the conditions on which they were offered, The great injury which accrued to science from this proceeding, induced me, in the succeeding session, when I found myself on the Council of the Royal Society, to endeavour to remove the stigma which rested on our characterWhether I took the best means to remedy the evil is now a matter of comparatively little consequence: had I found any serious disposition to set it right, I should readily have aided in any plans for doing that which I felt myself bound to attempt, even though I should stand alone, as I had the misfortune of doing on that occasion [It is but justice to MrSouth, who was a member of that Council, to state, that the circumstance of his having had the Copley medal of the same year awarded to him, prevented him from taking any part in the discussion The impression which the whole of that discussion made on my mind will never be effacedRegarding the original rules formed for the distribution of the Royal medals, when approved by his Majesty, as equally binding in honour and in justice, I viewed the decision of the Council, which assigned those medals to MrIvory, as void, IPSO FACTO, on the ground that it was directly at variance with that part which CONFINES the medals to discoveries made known to the Society within ONE YEAR PREVIOUS TO THE DAY OF THEIR AWARD I therefore moved the following resolutions: "1st, That the award of the Royal medals, made on the 16th of November, 1826, being contrary to the conditions under which they were offered, is invalid "2dly, That the sum of fifty guineas each be presented to Jfrom the funds of the Society; and that letters be written to each of those gentlemen, expressing the hope of the Council that this, the only method which is open to them of honourably fulfilling their pledges, will be received by those gentlemen as a mark of the high sense entertained by the Council of the importance and value of their discoveries, which require not the aid of medals to convey their reputation to posterity, as amongst the greatest which distinguished the age in which they lived It may be curious to give the public a specimen of the reasoning employed in so select a body of philosophers as the Council of the Royal Society It was contended, on the one hand, that although the award was SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR, yet nothing was more easy than to set it right As the original rules for giving the medals were merely an order of the Council,-- it would only be necessary to alter them, and then the award would agree perfectly with the lawsOn the other hand, it was contended, that the original rules were unknown to the public and to the Society; and that, in fact, they were only known to the members of the Council and a few of their friends; and therefore the award was no breach of faith All comment on such reasoning is needlessThat such propositions could not merely be offered, but could pass unreproved, is sufficient to show that the feelings of that body do not harmonize with those of the age; and furnishes some explanation why several of the most active members of the Royal Society have declined connecting their names with the Council as long as the present system of management is shop pursued

?O, you little witch!? says George, yielding, as, in such circumstances, man always must ?That?s right,? says Eliza, as she begins to cut a loaf of breadA little older she looks; her form a little fuller; her air more matronly than of yore; but evidently contented and happy as woman need be ?Harry, my boy, how did you come on in that sum, today?? says George, as he laid his land on his son?s head Harry has lost his long curls; but he can never lose those eyes and eyelashes, and that fine, bold brow, that flushes with triumph, as he answers, ?I did it, every bit of it, myself, father; and nobody helped me!? ?That?s right,? says his father; ?depend on yourself, my sonYou have a better chance than ever your poor father had At this moment, there is a rap at the door; and Eliza goes and opens itThe delighted??Why! this you???calls up her husband; and the good pastor of Amherstberg is welcomedThere are two more women with him, and Eliza asks them to sit down Now, if the truth must be told, the honest pastor had arranged a little programme, according to which this affair was to develop itself; and, on the way up, all had very cautiously and prudently exhorted each other not to let things out, except according to previous arrangement What was the good man?s consternation, therefore, just as he had motioned to the ladies to be seated, and was taking out his pocket-handkerchief to wipe his mouth, so as to proceed to his introductory speech in good order, when Madame de Thoux upset the whole plan, by throwing her arms around George?s neck, and letting all out at once, by saying, ?O, George! don?t you know me? I?m your sister Emily Cassy had seated herself more composedly, and would have carried on her part very well, had not little Eliza suddenly appeared before her in exact shape and form, every outline and curl, just as her daughter was when she saw her lastThe little thing peered up in her face; and Cassy caught her up in her arms, pressed her to her bosom, saying, what, at the moment she really believed, ?Darling, I?m your mother!? In fact, it was a troublesome matter to do up exactly in proper order; but the good pastor, at last, succeeded in getting everybody quiet, and delivering the speech with which he had intended to open the exercises; and in which, at last, he succeeded so well, that his whole audience were sobbing about him in a manner that ought to satisfy any orator, ancient or modern They knelt together, and the good man prayed,?for there are some feelings so agitated and tumultuous, that they can find rest only by being poured into the bosom of Almighty love,?and then, rising up, the new-found family embraced each other, with a holy trust in Him, who from such peril and dangers, and by such unknown ways, had brought them together The note-book of a missionary, among the Canadian fugitives, contains truth stranger than fictionHow can it be otherwise, when a system prevails which whirls families and scatters their members, as the wind whirls and scatters the leaves of autumn? These shores of refuge, like the eternal shore, often unite again, in glad communion, hearts that for long years have mourned each other as lostAnd affecting beyond expression is the earnestness with which every new arrival among them is met, if, perchance, it may bring tidings of mother, sister, child or wife, still lost to view in the shadows of slavery Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads his way back to the terrors and perils of that dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife One young man, of whom a missionary has told us, twice re-captured, and suffering shameful stripes for his heroism, had escaped again; and, in a letter which we heard read, tells his friends that he is going back a third time, that he may, at last, bring away his sisterMy good sir, is this man a hero, or a criminal? Would not you do as much for your sister? And can you blame him? But, to return to our friends, whom we left wiping their eyes, and recovering themselves from too great and sudden a joyThey are now seated around the social board, and are getting decidedly companionable; only that Cassy, who keeps little Eliza on her lap, occasionally squeezes the little thing, in a manner that rather astonishes her, and obstinately refuses to have her mouth stuffed with cake to the extent the little one desires,?alleging, what the child rather wonders at, that she has got something better than cake, and doesn?t want it And, indeed, in two or three days, such a change has passed over Cassy, that our readers would scarcely know herThe despairing, haggard expression of her face had given way to one of gentle trustShe seemed to sink, at once, into the bosom of the family, and take the little ones into her heart, as something for which it long had waitedIndeed, her love seemed to flow more naturally to the little Eliza than to her own daughter; for she was the exact image and body of the child whom she had lostThe little one was a flowery bond between mother and daughter, through whom grew up acquaintanceship and affectionEliza?s steady, consistent piety, regulated by the constant reading of the sacred word, made her a proper guide for the shattered and wearied mind of her motherCassy yielded at once, and with her whole soul, to every good influence, and became a devout and tender Christian After a day or two, Madame de Thoux told her brother more particularly of her affairsThe death of her husband had left her an ample fortune, which she generously offered to share with the familyWhen she asked George what way she could best apply it for him, he answered, ?Give me an education, Emily; that has always been my heart?s desireThen, I can do all the rest On mature deliberation, it was decided that the whole family should go, for some years, to France; whither they sailed, carrying Emmeline with them The good looks of the latter won the affection of the first mate of the vessel; and, shortly after entering the port, she became his wife George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education Political troubles in France, at last, led the family again to seek an asylum in this country George?s feelings and views, as an educated man, may be best expressed in a letter to one of his friends ?I feel somewhat at a loss, as to my future courseTrue, as you have said to me, I might mingle in the circles of the whites, in this country, my shade of color is so slight, and that of my wife and family scarce perceptibleWell, perhaps, on sufferance, I shop might

Clare declared that she could not have any smell of the horses about him when he came near her, and that he must positively not be put to any service that would make him unpleasant to her, as her nervous system was entirely inadequate to any trial of that nature; one snuff of anything disagreeable being, according to her account, quite sufficient to close the scene, and put an end to all her earthly trials at onceTom, therefore, in his well-brushed broadcloth suit, smooth beaver, glossy boots, faultless wristbands and collar, with his grave, good-natured black face, looked respectable enough to be a Bishop of Carthage, as men of his color were, in other ages Then, too, he was in a beautiful place, a consideration to which his sensitive race was never indifferent; and he did enjoy with a quiet joy the birds, the flowers, the fountains, the perfume, and light and beauty of the court, the silken hangings, and pictures, and lustres, and statuettes, and gilding, that made the parlors within a kind of Aladdin?s palace to him If ever Africa shall show an elevated and cultivated race,?and come it must, some time, her turn to figure in the great drama of human improvementlife will awake there with a gorgeousness and splendor of which our cold western tribes faintly have conceivedIn that far-off mystic land of gold, and gems, and spices, and waving palms, and wondrous flowers, and miraculous fertility, will awake new forms of art, new styles of splendor; and the negro race, no longer despised and trodden down, will, perhaps, show forth some of the latest and most magnificent revelations of human lifeCertainly they will, in their gentleness, their lowly docility of heart, their aptitude to repose on a superior mind and rest on a higher power, their childlike simplicity of affection, and facility of forgivenessIn all these they will exhibit the highest form of the peculiarly Christian life, and, perhaps, as God chasteneth whom he loveth, he hath chosen poor Africa in the furnace of affliction, to make her the highest and noblest in that kingdom which he will set up, when every other kingdom has been tried, and failed; for the first shall be last, and the last first Was this what Marie StClare was thinking of, as she stood, gorgeously dressed, on the verandah, on Sunday morning, clasping a diamond bracelet on her slender wrist? Most likely it wasOr, if it wasn?t that, it was something else; for Marie patronized good things, and she was going now, in full force,?diamonds, silk, and lace, and jewels, and all,?to a fashionable church, to be very religiousMarie always made a point to be very pious on SundaysThere she stood, so slender, so elegant, so airy and undulating in all her motions, her lace scarf enveloping her like a mistShe looked a graceful creature, and she felt very good and very elegant indeedMiss Ophelia stood at her side, a perfect contrastIt was not that she had not as handsome a silk dress and shawl, and as fine a pocket-handkerchief; but stiffness and squareness, and bolt-uprightness, enveloped her with as indefinite yet appreciable a presence as did grace her elegant neighbor; not the grace of God, however,?that is quite another thing! ?Where?s Eva?? said Marie ?The child stopped on the stairs, to say something to Mammy And what was Eva saying to Mammy on the stairs? Listen, reader, and you will hear, though Marie does not ?Dear Mammy, I know your head is aching dreadfully ?Lord bless you, Miss Eva! my head allers aches latelyYou don?t need to worry ?Well, I?m glad you?re going out; and here,??and the little girl threw her arms around her,??Mammy, you shall take my vinaigrette ?What! your beautiful gold thing, thar, with them diamonds! Lor, Miss, ?t wouldn?t be proper, no ways ?Why not? You need it, and I don?tMamma always uses it for headache, and it?ll make you feel betterNo, you shall take it, to please me, now ?Do hear the darlin talk!? said Mammy, as Eva thrust it into her bosom, and kissing her, ran down stairs to her mother ?What were you stopping for?? ?I was just stopping to give Mammy my vinaigrette, to take to church with her ?Eva? said Marie, stamping impatiently,??your gold vinaigrette to Mammy! When will you learn what?s proper? Go right and take it back this moment!? Eva looked downcast and aggrieved, and turned slowly ?I say, Marie, let the child alone; she shall do as she pleases,? said StClare, how will she ever get along in the world?? said Marie ?The Lord knows,? said StClare, ?but she?ll get along in heaven better than you or I ?O, papa, don?t,? said Eva, softly touching his elbow; ?it troubles mother ?Well, cousin, are you ready to go to meeting?? said Miss Ophelia, turning square about on St ?I?m not going, thank youClare ever would go to church,? said Marie; ?but he hasn?t a particle of religion about himIt really isn?t respectable ?I know it,? said St?You ladies go to church to learn how to get along in the world, I suppose, and your piety sheds respectability on shop us

The echo of the scream had not ceased to ring on the air when there came the reaction, and she sank on her knees on the floor in an agony of abasementPulling her beautiful hair over her face, as the leper of old his mantle, she wailed out "Unclean! Unclean! Even the Almighty shuns my polluted flesh! I must bear this mark of shame upon my forehead until the Judgement DayI had thrown myself beside her in an agony of helpless grief, and putting my arms around held her tightFor a few minutes our sorrowful hearts beat together, whilst the friends around us turned away their eyes that ran tears silentlyThen Van Helsing turned and said gravelySo gravely that I could not help feeling that he was in some way inspired, and was stating things outside himself "It may be that you may have to bear that mark till God himself see fit, as He most surely shall, on the Judgement Day, to redress all wrongs of the earth and of His children that He has placed thereonAnd oh, Madam Mina, my dear, my dear, may we who love you be there to see, when that red scar, the sign of God's knowledge of what has been, shall pass away, and leave your forehead as pure as the heart we knowFor so surely as we live, that scar shall pass away when God sees right to lift the burden that is hard upon usTill then we bear our Cross, as His Son did in obedience to His WillIt may be that we are chosen instruments of His good pleasure, and that we ascend to His bidding as that other through stripes and shameThrough tears and bloodThrough doubts and fear, and all that makes the difference between God and man There was hope in his words, and comfortAnd they made for resignationMina and I both felt so, and simultaneously we each took one of the old man's hands and bent over and kissed itThen without a word we all knelt down together, and all holding hands, swore to be true to each otherWe men pledged ourselves to raise the veil of sorrow from the head of her whom, each in his own way, we lovedAnd we prayed for help and guidance in the terrible task which lay before usIt was then time to startSo I said farewell to Mina, a parting which neither of us shall forget to our dying day, and we set out To one thing I have made up my mindIf we find out that Mina must be a vampire in the end, then she shall not go into that unknown and terrible land aloneI suppose it is thus that in old times one vampire meant manyJust as their hideous bodies could only rest in sacred earth, so the holiest love was the recruiting sergeant for their ghastly ranks We entered Carfax without trouble and found all things the same as on the first occasionIt was hard to believe that amongst so prosaic surroundings of neglect and dust and decay there was any ground for such fear as already we knewHad not our minds been made up, and had there not been terrible memories to spur us on, we could hardly have proceeded with our taskWe found no papers, or any sign of use in the houseAnd in the old chapel the great boxes looked just as we had seen them lastVan Helsing said to us solemnly as we stood before him, "And now, my friends, we have a duty here to doWe must sterilize this earth, so sacred of holy memories, that he has brought from a far distant land for such fell useHe has chosen this earth because it has been holyThus we defeat him with his own weapon, for we make it more holy stillIt was sanctified to such use of man, now we sanctify it to God As he spoke he took from his bag a screwdriver and a wrench, and very soon the top of one of the cases was thrown openThe earth smelled musty and close, but we did not somehow seem to mind, for our attention was concentrated on the ProfessorTaking from his box a piece of the Sacred Wafer he laid it reverently on the earth, and then shutting down the lid began to screw it home, we aiding him as he worked One by one we treated in the same way each of the great boxes, and left them as we had found them to all shop appearance