Letter, Dr. Seward to Hon. One of the women jumped forward and opened it. In the moonlight opposite me were three young women, ladies by their dress and manner. What devil or what witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins?” He held up his arms. The other was fair, as fair as can be, with great wavy masses of golden hair and eyes like pale sapphires. With a fierce sweep of his arm, he hurled the woman from him, and then motioned to the others, as though he were beating them back; it was the same imperious gesture that I had seen used to the wolves. The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. Should sleep now or ever overcome you, or be like to do, then haste to your own chamber or to these rooms, for your rest will then be safe. When was redeemed that great shame of my nation, the shame of Cassova, when the flags of the Wallach and the Magyar went down beneath the Crescent? I sank back in my seat, having just had time to replace the letters as they had been and to resume my book before the Count, holding still another letter in his hand, entered the room. What meant the giving of the crucifix, of the garlic, of the wild rose, of the mountain ash?
I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited—waited with beating heart.But at that instant, another sensation swept through me as quick as lightning. I drew a great couch out of its place near the corner, so that as I lay, I could look at the lovely view to east and south, and unthinking of and uncaring for the dust, composed myself for sleep. The soft moonlight soothed, and the wide expanse without gave a sense of freedom which refreshed me. You are first, and we shall follow; yours is the right to begin.” The other added:—“He is young and strong; there are kisses for us all.” I lay quiet, looking out under my eyelashes in an agony of delightful anticipation. I asked him to explain more fully, so that I might not by any chance mislead him, so he said:—“I shall illustrate. Your friend and mine, Mr. Peter Hawkins, from under the shadow of your beautiful cathedral at Exeter, which is far from London, buys for me through your good self my place at London. Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? The second and fourth were unsealed. The women closed round, whilst I was aghast with horror; but as I looked they disappeared, and with them the dreadful bag. I looked out over the beautiful expanse, bathed in soft yellow moonlight till it was almost as light as day. There was some sense of freedom in the vast expanse, inaccessible though it was to me, as compared with the narrow darkness of the courtyard.

It will doubtless please your friends to know that you are well, and that you look forward to getting home to them. They whispered together, and then they all three laughed—such a silvery, musical laugh, but as hard as though the sound never could have come through the softness of human lips. Then the Count turned, after looking at my face attentively, and said in a soft whisper:—“Yes, I too can love; you yourselves can tell it from the past.
There is, however, one good thing which has arisen from it; Mrs. Westenra was naturally anxious concerning Lucy, and has consulted me professionally about her. Lower and lower went her head as the lips went below the range of my mouth and chin and seemed about to fasten on my throat. Two were dark, and had high aquiline noses, like the Count, and great dark, piercing eyes that seemed to be almost red when contrasted with the pale yellow moon. The sense of sleep was upon me, and with it the obstinacy which sleep brings as outrider. But if you be not careful in this respect, then”—He finished his speech in a gruesome way, for he motioned with his hands as if he were washing them. This was odd, but only confirmed what I had all along thought—that there were no servants in the house. The habit of entering accurately must help to soothe me.The Count’s mysterious warning frightened me at the time; it frightens me more now when I think of it, for in future he has a fearful hold upon me. The window at which I stood was tall and deep, stone-mullioned, and though weatherworn, was still complete; but it was evidently many a day since the case had been there. When your master, employer, what you will, engaged that someone should come on his behalf, it was understood that my needs only were to be consulted.


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