Letter (by hand), Van Helsing to Mrs. Harker.

"25 September, 6 o’clock.

"Dear Madam Mina,

"I have read your husband’s so wonderful diary. You may sleep without doubt. Strange and terrible as it is, it is true! I will pledge my life on it. It may be worse for others; but for him and you there is no dread. He is a noble fellow; and let me tell you from experience of men, that one who would do as he did in going down that wall and to that room-ay, and going a second time-is not one to be injured in

permanence by a shock. His brain and his heart are all right; this I swear, before I have even seen him; so be at rest. I shall have much to ask him of other things. I am blessed that to-day I come to see you, for I have learn all at once so much that again I am dazzle-dazzle more than ever, and I must think.

"Yours the most faithful,

"Abraham Van Helsing."

Letter, Mrs. Harker to Van Helsing.

"25 September, 6:30 p.m.

"My dear Dr. Van Helsing,"A thousand thanks for your kind letter, which has taken a great weight off my mind. And yet, if it be true, what terrible things there are in the world, and what an awful thing if that man, that monster, be really in London! I fear to think. I have this moment, whilst writing, had a wire from Jonathan, saying that he leaves by the 6:25 to-night from Launceston and will be here at 10:18, so that I shall have no fear to-night. Will you, therefore, instead of lunching with us, please come to breakfast at eight o’clock, if this be not too early for you? You can get away, if you are in a hurry, by the 10:30 train, which will bring you to Paddington by 2:35. Do not answer this, as I shall take it that if I do not hear, you will come to breakfast.

"Believe me, "Your faithful and grateful friend, "Mina Harker."

Jonathan Harker’s Journal.

26 September.- I thought never to write in this diary again, but the