Introduction

Jonathan Harker's journal, kept in shorthand, the 7th of May. It is again early morning, but I have rested and enjoyed the last 24 hours. There are certainly odd deficiencies in this house considering the extraordinary evidences of wealth which around me. The table service is of gold, and so beautifully wrought that it must be of immense value. But still, in none of the rooms is the remira. And there is not even a toilet glass on my table,. Jonathan had to get the little shaving glass from his bag before he could either shave or brush his hair. He has not yet seen a servant anywhere, or her to sound near the castle except the howling of