We thought her dying whilst she slept, And sleeping when she died.
What devil or what witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins?
When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further. It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask anyone else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.
So, my dear, we will send him away to smoke the cigarette in the garden, whiles you and I have little talk all to ourselves.′ I took the hint, and strolled about, and presently the professor came to the window and called me in. He.
We lunched alone, and as we all exerted ourselves to be cheerful, we got, as some kind of reward for our labours, some real cheerfulness amongst us.
It was better to die like a man; to die like a sailor in blue water no man can object. But I am captain, and must not leave my ship. But I shall baffle this fiend or monster, for I shall tie my hands to the wheel when my strength begins to fail, and along with them I will tie that which He- It!- dare not touch; and then, come good wind or foul, I shall save my soul, and my honour as captain.
We need have no secrets amongst us. Working together and with absolute trust, we can surely be stronger than if some of us were in the dark.
It is the eve of St. George’s Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?
Was this desolation but another link in the chain of doom which seemed drawing tight round us?
Author: Bram Stoker.
I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted – or blessed – with something of his own obsequious suavity.
But now I am glad that I went into detail from the first, for there is something so strange about this place and all in it that I cannot but feel uneasy.
Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that’s rarer than a lover; it’s more unselfish anyhow. My dear, I’m going to have a pretty lonely walk between this and Kingdom Come.
It may be ordained that we have many nights and days to follow, if full of peril, but we must go on, and from no danger shall we shrink.
What I saw appalled me. I felt my hair rise like bristles on the back of my neck, and my heart seemed to stand still.
Still, your mind works true, and argues not a particulari ad universale.
I caught the patient’s eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlight sky, except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west. Bats usually wheel about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own.
Nosotras, las mujeres, tenemos algo de madres que nos hace elevarnos sobre las cosas menos importantes cuando se invoca la maternidad;.
I could not pity her, for I knew now what had become of her child, and she was better dead.
And women, I am afraid, are not always quite as fair as they should be.