It has always been night when I have been attacked, threatened, terrified or put into danger. I have never seen the Count during the day. Perhaps he sleeps when other people are awake, so that he can be awake while they are asleep? If I could only get into his room! But there is no way. The door is always locked, there no way for me.

Yes, there is a way, if I am brave enough. Where his body has gone why can't someone else's body go? I myself have seen him myself crawl out of his window. Why don't I do the same thing and go by the window? It is not likely that I will succeed, but this is something that I really have to do. I shall try to do it despite the danger. The worse that can happen is that I will die, and a man's death is not an animal's, so perhaps I will find out what happens to someone after he dies.

God help me to do this! Goodbye, Mina, if I fail. Goodbye, my faithful friend and kind employer. Goodbye, everyone, and last of all Mina!

The End