Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
agony
/ˈæɡəni/Extreme physical or mental pain and suffering.
polluted
/pəˈluːtɪd/Contaminated, corrupted, or made spiritually unclean.
scar
/skɑːr/A lasting mark left on the skin after a wound or burn heals.
sterilise
/ˈsterəlaɪz/To purify something completely so harmful or evil forces cannot survive in it.
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Jonathan Harker’s Journal, 3 October. I must write in this diary or I feel I will go mad. Dr. Seward and Dr. Van Helsing found poor Renfield lying dead on the floor of his cell, his neck broken and his face terribly crushed. An attendant confessed that he had been resting when he heard loud voices inside the room. Renfield had shouted “God! God! God!” before falling. Dr. Seward decided to report the death as an accident from falling out of bed. No coroner or judge would ever believe the truth about Count Dracula, and an official investigation would only...
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