It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country. When I came close she bowed and said, “The Herr Englishman?” “Yes,” I said, “Jonathan Harker.” She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves, who had followed her to the door.

What ought they to be in China.

At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire. Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina. They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to great floods. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.

I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to great floods. Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country. (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.) I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams.