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CHAPTER XVII DR . SEWARD’S DIARY — continued WHEN we arrived at the Berkeley Hotel , Van Helsing found a telegram waiting for him : — “ Am coming up by train . Jonathan at Whitby . Important news . — Mina Harker . ” The Professor was delighted . “ Ah , that wonderful Madam Mina , ” he said , “ pearl among women ! She arrive , but I cannot stay . She must go to your house , friend John . You must meet her at the station . Telegraph her en route , so that she may be prepared . ” When the wire was despatched he had a cup of tea ; over it he told me of a diary kept by Jonathan Harker when abroad , and gave me a typewritten copy of it , as also of Mrs . Harker’s diary at Whitby . “ Take these , ” he said , “ and study them well . When I have returned you will be master of all the facts , and we can then better enter on our inquisition . Keep them safe , for there is in them much of treasure . You will need all your faith , even you who have had such an experience as that of to - day . What is here told , ” he laid his hand heavily and gravely on the packet of papers as he spoke , “ may be the beginning of the end to you and me and many another ; or it may sound the knell of the Un - Dead who walk the earth . Read all , I pray you , with the open mind ; and if you can add in any way to the story here told do so , for it is all - important . You have kept diary of all these so strange things ; is it not so ? Yes ! Then we shall go through all these together when we meet . ” He then made ready for his departure , and shortly after drove off to Liverpool Street . I took my way to Paddington , where I arrived about fifteen minutes before the train came in . The crowd melted away , after the bustling fashion common to arrival platforms ; and I was beginning to feel uneasy , lest I might miss my guest , when a sweet - faced , dainty - looking girl stepped up to me , and , after a quick glance , said : “ Dr . Seward , is it not ? ” “ And you are Mrs . Harker ! ” I answered at once ; whereupon she held out her hand . “ I knew you from the description of poor dear Lucy ; but — — ” She stopped suddenly , and a quick blush overspread her face . The blush that rose to my own cheeks somehow set us both at ease , for it was a tacit answer to her own . I got her luggage , which included a typewriter , and we took the Underground to Fenchurch Street , after I had sent a wire to my housekeeper to have a sitting - room and bedroom prepared at once for Mrs . Harker .
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