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Jonathan Harker's Journal,

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kept in shorthand, the

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15th of May. Once

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more I have seen the Count go

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out in his lizard fashion. He

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moved downwards in a side-long way,

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some hundred feet down and a good deal to the left.

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He vanished into some hole or window. When

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his head had disappeared I leaned out to try and

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see more but without avail. The

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distance was too great to allow a proper angle of

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sight. I knew he had

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left the castle now and thought

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to use the opportunity to explore more than I

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had dared to do as yet.

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I went back to the room and

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taking a lamp tried all the doors. They

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were all locked as I had expected

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and the locks were comparatively new. But

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I went down the stone stairs to the hall where

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I had entered originally. I

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found I could pull back the bolts easily enough

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and unhook the great chains. But

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the door was locked and

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the key was gone.

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That key

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must be in the Count's room. I

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must watch should his door be unlocked so

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that I may get it and escape. I

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went on to make a thorough examination

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of the various stairs and passages and

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to try the doors that opened from them. One

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or two small rooms near the hall were open

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but there was nothing to see in them except old furniture,

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dusty with age and moth-eaten. At

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last, however, I found

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one door at the top of the stairway which, though

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it seemed to be locked,

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gave a little under pressure.

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I tried it harder and found that it was not really

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locked but that the resistance came

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from the fact that the hinges had fallen somewhat

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and the heavy door rested

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on the floor. Here

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was an opportunity which I might not have again.

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So I exerted myself and

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with many efforts forced