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The door is shut , and the chains rattle ; there is a grinding of the key in the lock ; I can hear the key withdraw : then another door opens and shuts ; I hear the creaking of lock and bolt . Hark ! in the courtyard and down the rocky way the roll of heavy wheels , the crack of whips , and the chorus of the Szgany as they pass into the distance . I am alone in the castle with those awful women . Faugh ! Mina is a woman , and there is nought in common . They are devils of the Pit ! I shall not remain alone with them ; I shall try to scale the castle wall farther than I have yet attempted . I shall take some of the gold with me , lest I want it later . I may find a way from this dreadful place . And then away for home ! away to the quickest and nearest train ! away from this cursed spot , from this cursed land , where the devil and his children still walk with earthly feet ! At least God’s mercy is better than that of these monsters , and the precipice is steep and high . At its foot a man may sleep — as a man . Good - bye , all ! Mina ! CHAPTER V Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra . “ 9 May . “ My dearest Lucy , — “ Forgive my long delay in writing , but I have been simply overwhelmed with work . The life of an assistant schoolmistress is sometimes trying . I am longing to be with you , and by the sea , where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air . I have been working very hard lately , because I want to keep up with Jonathan’s studies , and I have been practising shorthand very assiduously . When we are married I shall be able to be useful to Jonathan , and if I can stenograph well enough I can take down what he wants to say in this way and write it out for him on the typewriter , at which also I am practising very hard . He and I sometimes write letters in shorthand , and he is keeping a stenographic journal of his travels abroad . When I am with you I shall keep a diary in the same way . I don’t mean one of those two - pages - to - the - week - with - Sunday - squeezed - in - a - corner diaries , but a sort of journal which I can write in whenever I feel inclined . I do not suppose there will be much of interest to other people ; but it is not intended for them . I may show it to Jonathan some day if there is in it anything worth sharing , but it is really an exercise book . I shall try to do what I see lady journalists do : interviewing and writing descriptions and trying to remember conversations . I am told that , with a little practice , one can remember all that goes on or that one hears said during a day . However , we shall see . I will tell you of my little plans when we meet . I have just had a few hurried lines from Jonathan from Transylvania . He is well , and will be returning in about a week . I am longing to hear all his news . It must be so nice to see strange countries . I wonder if we — I mean Jonathan and I — shall ever see them together . There is the ten o’clock bell ringing . Good - bye .
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