Come in. Welcome. I'm E.G. Marshall. Welcome to the terrifying world of your imagination.

Empire. Perhaps in the safety of your home. The word means middle to you. Oh, you've heard of vampires, of course. But do you believe that they exist? Not you. Well, all I can say is, Minaharker didn't believe either.

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Horror in its purest form lies ahead for us. I would be remiss if I didn't warn you that if your nerves are not strong, it might be better for you not to listen.

No, really now. You won't. Because as many heart could tell us in the diary, she kept. There awaits you.

An experience so loathsome, so horrifying that I can hardly bring myself to write of it. If I'd known what lay ahead for me when I went to visit my dearest and closest friend, Lucy Wisdenra at Hillingham, I could not have brought myself to go much as I loved her.

Looking back now, I realized I had plenty of warning, but I paid no attention. For example, as I drove to the Wisdenra estate through that lonely isolated country and heard the wolves howling in the distance, it occurred to me that it was strange to hear wolves in this part of the country.

His strange is the huge bat that flew alongside my car. I mentioned this to John. Dr. John Stuart, Lucy's fiance, as we sat having a drink in the living room.

It's strange, Minna. I've seen that bat myself. The thing must have a wing spread at least four feet, having the faintest idea where it came from or the wolves either.

Even Lucy's letters seemed kind of strange to me, John. What is the matter with her?

No, I don't know. I'm completely baffled. I've had two other doctors look at her colleagues of mine and they can't figure it out. I'm desperate, Minna. I'm so desperate, I've called in my old friend and teacher, Professor Van Helsing.

Van Helsing? He's one of the finest agnesticians in the world, John.

Yes, he'll be here from Amsterdam in a day or two.

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