For it won’t do to leave MrsHarker alone after sunset “He will be here before long now,” said Van Helsing, who had been consulting his pocketbook”Nota bene, in Madam’s telegram he went south from CarfaxThat means he went to cross the river, and he could only do so at slack of tide, which should be [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2010
Van Helsing nodded to him as he whispered to me…
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Van Helsing nodded to him as he whispered to me unconsciously, “The Acherontia Atropos of the Sphinges, what you call the ‘Death’s-head Moth’?” The patient went on without stopping, “Then he began to whisper’Rats, rats, rats! Hundreds, thousands, millions of them, and every one a lifeAnd dogs to eat them, and cats tooAll lives! All [...]
But, oh, Mina, I love himI love him! There, that…
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
But, oh, Mina, I love himI love him! There, that does me good I wish I were with you, dear, sitting by the fire undressing, as we used to sit, and I would try to tell you what I feelI do not know how I am writing this even to youI am afraid to stop, [...]
Please, God, I shall never, never forget them,…
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Please, God, I shall never, never forget them, nor the grave and sweet responsibilities I have taken upon meI must tell you of my wedding presentWhen the chaplain and the sisters had left me alone with my husband–oh, Lucy, it is the first time I have written the words ‘my husband’–left me alone with my [...]
Somewhere in sight of the house, and when you see…
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Somewhere in sight of the house, and when you see the door opened and the smith has gone away, do you all come acrossWe shall be on the lookout for you, and shall let you in “The advice is good!” said Van Helsing, so we said no moreGodalming and Morris hurried off in a cab, [...]
ORDER OF MERIT Amongst the various…
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
ORDER OF MERIT Amongst the various proposals for encouraging science, the institution of an order of merit has been suggested It is somewhat singular, that whilst in most of the other kingdoms of Europe, such orders exist for the purpose of rewarding, by honorary distinctions, the improvers of the arts of life, or successful discoverers [...]
