So sure as that God sits on high to watch over His childrenTherefore be of much comfort till we return JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL 4 October-When I read to Mina, Van Helsing's message in the phonograph, the poor girl brightened up considerablyAlready the certainty that the Count is out of the country has given her comfortAnd comfort is strength to herFor my own part, now that his horrible danger is not face to face with us, it seems almost impossible to believe in itEven my own terrible experiences in Castle Dracula seem like a long forgotten dreamHere in the crisp autumn air in the bright sunlight Alas! How can I disbelieve! In the midst of my thought my eye fell on the red scar on my poor darling's white foreheadWhilst that lasts, there can be no disbeliefMina and I fear to be idle, so we have been over all the diaries again and againSomehow, although the reality seem greater each time, the pain and the fear seem lessThere is something of a guiding purpose manifest throughout, which is comfortingMina says that perhaps we are the instruments of ultimate goodIt may be! I shall try to think as she doesWe have never spoken to each other yet of the futureIt is better to wait till we see the Professor and the others after their investigations The day is running by more quickly than I ever thought a day could run for me againIt is now three o'clock MINA HARKER'S JOURNAL 5 October, 5 P-Our meeting for reportPresent: Professor Van Helsing, Lord Godalming, DrQuincey Morris, Jonathan Harker, Mina HarkerVan Helsing described what steps were taken during the day to discover on what boat and whither bound Count Dracula made his escape "As I knew that he wanted to get back to Transylvania, I felt sure that he must go by the Danube mouth, or by somewhere in the Black Sea, since by that way he comeIt was a dreary blank that was before usOmme ignotum pro magnifico, and so with heavy hearts we start to find what ships leave for the Black Sea last nightHe was in sailing ship, since Madam Mina tell of sails being setThese not so important as to go in your list of the shipping in the Times, and so we go, by suggestion of Lord Godalming, to your Lloyd's, where are note of all ships that sail, however so smallThere we find that only one Black Sea bound ship go out with the tideShe is the Czarina Catherine, and she sail from Doolittle's Wharf for Varna, and thence to other ports and up the Danube'So!' said I, 'this is the ship whereon is the Count' So off we go to Doolittle's Wharf, and there we find a man in an officeFrom him we inquire of the goings of the Czarina CatherineHe swear much, and he red face and loud of voice, but he good fellow all the sameAnd when Quincey give him something from his pocket which crackle as he roll it up, and put it in a so small bag which he have hid deep in his clothing, he still better fellow and humble servant to usHe come with us, and ask many men who are rough and hotThese be better fellows too when they have been no more thirstyThey say much of blood and bloom, and of others which I comprehend not, though I guess what they shop mean

Certainly its present state gives it no claim to that attention; and I do it partly from respect for its former services, and partly from the hope that, if such an Institution can be of use to science in the present day, the attention of its members may be excited to take steps for its restorationPerhaps I may be blamed for having published extracts from the minutes of its proceedings without the permission of its Council To have asked permission of the present Council would have been useless I might, however, have given the substance of what I have extracted without the words, and no one could then have reproached me with any infringement of our rules: but there were two objections to that course In the first place, it is impossible, even for the most candid, in all cases, to convey precisely the same sentiment in different language; and I thought it therefore more fair towards those from whom I differed, as well as to the public, to give the precise words Again: had it been possible to make so accurate a paraphrase, I should yet have preferred the risk of incurring the reproach of the Royal Society for the offence, to escaping their censure by an evasion What I have done rests on my own head; and I shrink not from the responsibility attaching to it If those, whose mismanagement of that Society I condemn, should accuse me of hostility to the Royal Society; my answer is, that the party which governs it is not the Royal Society; and that I will only admit the justice of the accusation, when the whole body, becoming acquainted with the system I have exposed, shall, by ratifying it with their approbation, appropriate it to themselves: an event of which I need scarcely add I have not the slightest anticipation * CONTENTS PREFACE Introductory Remarks CHAP On the Reciprocal Influence of Science and Education Of the Inducements to Individuals to cultivate ScienceProfessional ImpulsesOf National EncouragementOf Encouragement from learned SocietiesGeneral State of learned Societies in England State of the Royal Society in particularMode of becoming a Fellow of the Royal SocietyOf the Presidency and Vice-PresidenciesOf the Secretariships ------ 4Of the Scientific AdvisersOf the Union of several Offices in one personOf the Funds of the SocietyOf the Fairchild LectureOf the Croonian LectureOf the Causes of the Present State of the Royal SocietyOf the Plan for Reforming the SocietyOn the Art of ObservingOn the Frauds of Observers Suggestions for the Advancement of Science in EnglandOf the Necessity that Members of the Royal Society --------- should express their OpinionsOf Biennial PresidentsOf the Influence of the Colleges of Physicians and --------- Surgeons in the Royal SocietyOf the Influence of the Royal Institution on the Royal --------- SocietyOf the Transactions of the Royal SocietyOf the Union of Scientific Societies * REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES INTRODUCTORY REMARKS It cannot have escaped the attention of those, whose acquirements enable them to judge, and who have had opportunities of examining the state of science in other countries, that in England, particularly with respect to the more difficult and abstract sciences, we are much below other nations, not merely of equal rank, but below several even of inferior power That a country, eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form the highest departments of that knowledge on whose more elementary truths its wealth and rank depend, is a fact which is well deserving the attention of those who shall inquire into the causes that influence the progress of shop nations

Finally, turning to her toilet, she rested her face in her hands, and gave a sort of groan ?This is God?s curse on slavery!?a bitter, bitter, most accursed thing!?a curse to the master and a curse to the slave! I was a fool to think I could make anything good out of such a deadly evilIt is a sin to hold a slave under laws like ours,?I always felt it was,?I always thought so when I was a girl,?I thought so still more after I joined the church; but I thought I could gild it over,?I thought, by kindness, and care, and instruction, I could make the condition of mine better than freedom?fool that I was!? ?Why, wife, you are getting to be an abolitionist, quite ?Abolitionist! if they knew all I know about slavery, they might talk! We don?t need them to tell us; you know I never thought that slavery was right?never felt willing to own slaves ?Well, therein you differ from many wise and pious men,? said Mrs sermon, the other Sunday?? ?I don?t want to hear such sermons; I never wish to hear MrMinisters can?t help the evil, perhaps,?can?t cure it, any more than we can,?but defend it!?it always went against my common senseAnd I think you didn?t think much of that sermon, either ?Well,? said Shelby, ?I must say these ministers sometimes carry matters further than we poor sinners would exactly dare to doWe men of the world must wink pretty hard at various things, and get used to a deal that isn?t the exact thingBut we don?t quite fancy, when women and ministers come out broad and square, and go beyond us in matters of either modesty or morals, that?s a factBut now, my dear, I trust you see the necessity of the thing, and you see that I have done the very best that circumstances would allow ?O yes, yes!? said MrsShelby, hurriedly and abstractedly fingering her gold watch,??I haven?t any jewelry of any amount,? she added, thoughtfully; ?but would not this watch do something??it was an expensive one, when it was boughtIf I could only at least save Eliza?s child, I would sacrifice anything I have ?I?m sorry, very sorry, Emily,? said MrShelby, ?I?m sorry this takes hold of you so; but it will do no goodThe fact is, Emily, the thing?s done; the bills of sale are already signed, and in Haley?s hands; and you must be thankful it is no worseThat man has had it in his power to ruin us all,?and now he is fairly offIf you knew the man as I do, you?d think that we had had a narrow escape ?Is he so hard, then?? ?Why, not a cruel man, exactly, but a man of leather,?a man alive to nothing but trade and profit,?cool, and unhesitating, and unrelenting, as death and the graveHe?d sell his own mother at a good per centage?not wishing the old woman any harm, either ?And this wretch owns that good, faithful Tom, and Eliza?s child!? ?Well, my dear, the fact is that this goes rather hard with me; it?s a thing I hate to think ofHaley wants to drive matters, and take possession tomorrowI?m going to get out my horse bright and early, and be offI can?t see Tom, that?s a fact; and you had better arrange a drive somewhere, and carry Eliza offLet the thing be done when she is out of sightShelby; ?I?ll be in no sense accomplice or help in this cruel businessI?ll go and see poor old Tom, God help him, in his distress! They shall see, at any rate, that their mistress can feel for and with themAs to Eliza, I dare not think about itThe Lord forgive us! What have we done, that this cruel necessity should come on us?? There was one listener to this conversation whom MrShelby little suspected Communicating with their apartment was a large closet, opening by a door into the outer passageShelby had dismissed Eliza for the night, her feverish and excited mind had suggested the idea of this closet; and she had hidden herself there, and, with her ear pressed close against the crack of the door, had lost not a word of the conversation When the voices died into silence, she rose and crept stealthily awayPale, shivering, with rigid features and compressed lips, she looked an entirely altered being from the soft and timid creature she had been hithertoShe moved cautiously along the entry, paused one moment at her mistress? door, and raised her hands in mute appeal to Heaven, and then turned and glided into her own roomIt was a quiet, neat apartment, on the same floor with her mistressThere was a pleasant sunny window, where she had often sat singing at her sewing; there a little case of books, and various little fancy articles, ranged by them, the gifts of Christmas holidays; there was her simple wardrobe in the closet and in the drawers:?here was, in short, her home; and, on the whole, a happy one it had been to herBut there, on the bed, lay her slumbering boy, his long curls falling negligently around his unconscious face, his rosy mouth half open, his little fat hands thrown out over the bedclothes, and a smile spread like a sunbeam over his whole shop face

I knew, too, the red scar on his forehead where Jonathan had struck himFor an instant my heart stood still, and I would have screamed out, only that I was paralyzedIn the pause he spoke in a sort of keen, cutting whisper, pointing as he spoke to Jonathan "'Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes' I was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anythingWith a mocking smile, he placed one hand upon my shoulder and, holding me tight, bared my throat with the other, saying as he did so, 'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertionsYou may as well be quietIt is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!' I was bewildered, and strangely enough, I did not want to hinder himI suppose it is a part of the horrible curse that such is, when his touch is on his victimAnd oh, my God, my God, pity me! He placed his reeking lips upon my throat!" Her husband groaned againShe clasped his hand harder, and looked at him pityingly, as if he were the injured one, and went on "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoonHow long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth awayI saw it drip with the fresh blood!" The remembrance seemed for a while to overpower her, and she drooped and would have sunk down but for her husband's sustaining armWith a great effort she recovered herself and went on "Then he spoke to me mockingly, 'And so you, like the others, would play your brains against mineYou would help these men to hunt me and frustrate me in my design! You know now, and they know in part already, and will know in full before long, what it is to cross my pathThey should have kept their energies for use closer to homeWhilst they played wits against me, against me who commanded nations, and intrigued for them, and fought for them, hundreds of years before they were born, I was countermining themAnd you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, kin of my kin, my bountiful wine-press for a while, and shall be later on my companion and my helperYou shall be avenged in turn, for not one of them but shall minister to your needsBut as yet you are to be punished for what you have doneYou have aided in thwarting meNow you shall come to my callWhen my brain says "Come!" to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my biddingAnd to that end this!' "With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breastWhen the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the? Oh, my God! My God! What have I done? What have I done to deserve such a fate, I who have tried to walk in meekness and righteousness all my daysGod pity me! Look down on a poor soul in worse than mortal perilAnd in mercy pity those to whom she is dear!" Then she began to rub her lips as though to cleanse them from pollution As she was telling her terrible story, the eastern sky began to quicken, and everything became more and more clearHarker was still and quiet; but over his face, as the awful narrative went on, came a grey look which deepened and deepened in the morning light, till when the first red streak of the coming dawn shot up, the flesh stood darkly out against the whitening hair We have arranged that one of us is to stay within call of the unhappy pair till we can meet together and arrange about taking action Of this I am sureThe sun rises today on no more miserable house in all the great round of its daily course CHAPTER 22 JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL 3 October-As I must do something or go mad, I write this diaryIt is now six o'clock, and we are to meet in the study in half an hour and take something to eat, for DrSeward are agreed that if we do not eat we cannot work our bestOur best will be, God knows, required todayI must keep writing at every chance, for I dare not stop to shop think

"Right, my friend," he said"Quite right! Better he not know as yetPerhaps he will never knowI pray so, but if it be needed, then he shall know allAnd, my good friend John, let me caution youYou deal with the madmenAll men are mad in some way or the other, and inasmuch as you deal discreetly with your madmen, so deal with God's madmen too, the rest of the worldYou tell not your madmen what you do nor why you do itYou tell them not what you thinkSo you shall keep knowledge in its place, where it may rest, where it may gather its kind around it and breedYou and I shall keep as yet what we know here, and here He touched me on the heart and on the forehead, and then touched himself the same way"I have for myself thoughts at the presentLater I shall unfold to you "Why not now?" I askedWe may arrive at some decision He looked at me and said, "My friend John, when the corn is grown, even before it has ripened, while the milk of its mother earth is in him, and the sunshine has not yet begun to paint him with his gold, the husbandman he pull the ear and rub him between his rough hands, and blow away the green chaff, and say to you, 'Look! He's good corn, he will make a good crop when the time comes'" I did not see the application and told him soFor reply he reached over and took my ear in his hand and pulled it playfully, as he used long ago to do at lectures, and said, "The good husbandman tell you so then because he knows, but not till thenBut you do not find the good husbandman dig up his planted corn to see if he growThat is for the children who play at husbandry, and not for those who take it as of the work of their lifeSee you now, friend John? I have sown my corn, and Nature has her work to do in making it sprout, if he sprout at all, there's some promise, and I wait till the ear begins to swell He broke off, for he evidently saw that I understoodThen he went on gravely, "You were always a careful student, and your case book was ever more full than the restAnd I trust that good habit have not failRemember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weakerEven if you have not kept the good practice, let me tell you that this case of our dear miss is one that may be, mind, I say may be, of such interest to us and others that all the rest may not make him kick the beam, as your people sayTake then good note of itI counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmisesHereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guessWe learn from failure, not from success!" When I described Lucy's symptoms, the same as before, but infinitely more marked, he looked very grave, but said nothingHe took with him a bag in which were many instruments and drugs, "the ghastly paraphernalia of our beneficial trade," as he once called, in one of his lectures, the equipment of a professor of the healing craft When we were shown in, MrsShe was alarmed, but not nearly so much as I expected to find herNature in one of her beneficient moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrorsHere, in a case where any shock may prove fatal, matters are so ordered that, from some cause or other, the things not personal, even the terrible change in her daughter to whom she is so attached, do not seem to reach herIt is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contactIf this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we condemn any one for the vice of egoism, for there may be deeper root for its causes than we have knowledge of I used my knowledge of this phase of spiritual pathology, and set down a rule that she should not be present with Lucy, or think of her illness more than was absolutely requiredShe assented readily, so readily that I saw again the hand of Nature fighting for shop life