Dracula
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the doors are locked, where of course you will not wish to go.There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see withmy eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps betterunderstand.” I said I was sure of this, and then he went on.“We are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England. Ourways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strangethings. Nay, from what you have told me of your experiences al-ready, you know something of what strange things there may be.”This led to much conversation, and as it was evident that hewanted to talk, if only for talking’s sake, I asked him many ques-tions regarding things that had already happened to me or comewithin my notice. Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turnedthe conversation by pretending not to understand, but generally heanswered all I asked most frankly. Then as time went on, and I hadgot somewhat bolder, I asked him of some of the strange thingsof the preceding night, as for instance, why the coachman went tothe places where he had seen the blue flames. He then explainedto me that it was commonly believed that on a certain night ofthe year, last night, in fact, when all evil spirits are supposed tohave unchecked sway, a blue flame is seen over any place wheretreasure has been concealed.“That treasure has been hidden,” he went on, “in the regionthrough which you came last night, there can be but little doubt.For it was the ground fought over for centuries by the Wallachian,the Saxon, and the Turk. Why, there is hardly a foot of soil in all thisregion that has not been enriched by the blood of men, patriots orinvaders. In the old days there were stirring times, when the Aus-trian and the Hungarian came up in hordes, and the patriots wentout to meet them, men and women, the aged and the children too,and waited their coming on the rocks above the passes, that theymight sweep destruction on them with their artificial avalanches.When the invader was triumphant he found but little,...
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