Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams.

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

You yourself never loved; you never love! Yes, I too can love; you yourselves can tell it from the past. Is it not so?

But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.

Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings.

I stood beside Van Helsing, and said;- "Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!" He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity:- "Not so; alas! not so. It is only the beginning!

I want you to believe...to believe in things that you cannot.