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Bram Stoker
· Dracula
· Project Gutenberg
Later, we may have to take the others into our confidence”; then he stopped, so I waited; he went on:-- “Madam Mina, our poor, dear Madam Mina is changing.” A cold shiver ran through me to find my worst fears thus endorsed. Van Helsing continued:-- “With the sad experience of Miss Lucy, we must this time be warned before things go too far. Our task is now in reality more difficult than ever, and this new trouble make...
Van Helsing’s grave announcement about Madam Mina’s transformation casts a cold shadow over the conversation, underscoring the severity of their predicament. The speaker’s involuntary shiver conveys a palpable dread that lingers beyond words, anchored in the m...