Telegram from Arthur Holmwood to Quincey P. Morris.
“26 May.
“Count me in every time. I bear messages which will make both your ears tingle.
“Art.”
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them. All needless matters have been eliminated, so that a history almost at variance with the possibilities of later-day belief may stand forth as simple fact. There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them.
May 26
September 01
Telegram, Arthur Holmwood to Seward.
“1 September.
“Am summoned to see my father, who is worse. Am writing. Write me fully by to-night’s post to Ring. Wire me if necessary.”
September 04
Telegram, Seward, London, to Van Helsing, Amsterdam.
“4 September.—Patient still better to-day.”
September 05
Telegram, Seward, London, to Van Helsing, Amsterdam.
“5 September.—Patient greatly improved. Good appetite; sleeps naturally; good spirits; colour coming back.”
September 06
Telegram, Seward, London, to Van Helsing, Amsterdam.
“6 September.—Terrible change for the worse. Come at once; do not lose an hour. I hold over telegram to Holmwood till have seen you.”
September 17
Telegram, Van Helsing, Antwerp, to Seward, Carfax.
(Sent to Carfax, Sussex, as no county given; delivered late by twenty-two hours.)
“17 September.—Do not fail to be at Hillingham to-night. If not watching all the time frequently, visit and see that flowers are as placed; very important; do not fail. Shall be with you as soon as possible after arrival.”
September 25
Telegram, Mrs. Harker to Van Helsing.
“25 September.
—Come to-day by quarter-past ten train if you can catch it. Can see you any time you call.
“Wilhelmina Harker.”
October 24
Rufus Smith, Lloyd’s, London, to Lord Godalming, care of H. B. M. Vice-Consul, Varna.
Telegram, October 24th.
“Czarina Catherine reported this morning from Dardanelles.”
October 28
Rufus Smith, London, to Lord Godalming, care H. B. M. Vice Consul, Varna.
28 October.
“Czarina Catherine reported entering Galatz at one o’clock to-day.”