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Vanessa Vaile on 12 Aug 12the churches and church yards frequently mentioned are also sanctuaries
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He is a funny old man. He must be awfully old, for his face is gnarled and twisted like the bark of a tree.
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I thought he would be a good person to learn interesting things from, so I asked him if he would mind telling me something about the whale fishing in the old days.
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-I came up here an hour ago with Lucy, and we had a most interesting talk with my old friend and the two others who always come and join him. He is evidently the Sir Oracle of them
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Lucy was looking sweetly pretty in her white lawn frock. She has got a beautiful colour since she has been here.
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'Here lies the body' or 'Sacred to the memory' wrote on all of them, an' yet in nigh half of them there bean't no bodies at all,
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she told me all over again about Arthur and their coming marriage. That made me just a little heart-sick, for I haven't heard from Jonathan for a whole month.
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The same day. I came up here alone, for I am very sad. There was no letter for me. I hope there cannot be anything the matter with Jonathan. The clock has just struck nine.
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The case of Renfield grows more interesting the more I get to understand the man. He has certain qualities very largely developed, selfishness, secrecy, and purpose.
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he argued quietly that it was very good and very wholesome, that it was life, strong life, and gave life to him.
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He has managed to get a sparrow, and has already partially tamed it. His means of taming is simple, for already the spiders have diminished
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I could see a warning of danger in it, for there was a sudden fierce, sidelong look which meant killing.
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took away his pocketbook to look at it. The thought that has been buzzing about my brain lately is complete, and the theory proved.
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If I could have as strong a cause as my poor mad friend there, a good, unselfish cause to make me work,
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only a line dated from Castle Dracula, and says that he is just starting for home. That is not like Jonathan. I do not understand it, and it makes me uneasy.
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Mr. Holmwood, he is the Hon. Arthur Holmwood, only son of Lord Godalming, is coming up here very shortly
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Lucy is more excitable than ever, but is otherwise well. Last night was very threatening, and the fishermen say that we are in for a storm. I must try to watch it and learn the weather signs.
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I have been quite touched by the change in the poor old man. When he sat down beside me, he said in a very gentle way, "I want to say something to you, miss."
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"I can't make her out," he said. "She's a Russian, by the look of her. But she's knocking about in the queerest way.
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"There's something in that wind and in the hoast beyont that sounds, and looks, and tastes, and smells like death. It's in the air. I feel it comin'.