ent I know to remain in the dark Nay the endthe very endmay give you a gleam of peace Come there is dinner We must keep one another strong for what is before us we have a cruel and dreadful task When you have eaten you shall learn the rest and I shall answer any questions you askif there be anything which you do not understand though it was apparent to us who were present Mina Harkers Journal 29 SeptemberAfter dinner I came with Dr Seward to his study He brought back the phonograph from my room and I took my typewriter He placed me in a comfortable chair and arranged the phonograph so that I could touch it without getting up and showed me how to stop it in case I should want to pause Then he very thoughtfully took a chair with his back to me so that I might be as free as possible and began to read I put the forked metal to my ears and listened When the terrible story of Lucys death andand all that followed was done I lay back in my chair powerless Fortunately I am not of a fainting disposition When Dr Seward saw me he jumped up with a horrified exclamation and hurriedly taking a casebottle from a cupboard gave me some brandy which in a few minutes somewhat restored me My brain was all in a whirl and only that there came through all the multitude of horrors the holy ray of light that my dear dear Lucy was at last at peace I do not thin
we had seen her the night before her funeral She was if possible more radiantly beautiful than ever and I could not believe that she was dead The lips were red nay redder than before and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom Is this a juggle I said to him Are you convinced now said the Professor in response and as he spoke he put over his hand and in a way that made me shudder pulled back the dead lips and showed the white teeth See he went on see they are even sharper than before With this and thisand he touched one of the canine teeth and that below itthe little children can be bitten Are you of belief now friend John Once more argumentative hostility woke within me I could not accept such an overwhelming idea as he suggested so with an attempt to argue of which I was even at the moment ashamed I said She may have been placed here since last night Indeed That is so and by whom I do not know Some one has done it And yet she has been dead one week Most peoples in that time would not look so I had no answer for this so was silent
guttapercha and silk is fastened to the two rods A wooden cap is screwed to the end of the handle and the twist passes through a hole made in this cap so that there is no inconvenience in working the instrument By laying hold of the ends of the wire twist with pliers it is possible to join them to the circuit This instrume