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FROM DOCTOR AFIF BEY’S DIARY—continued

As I was leaving tonight, Professor Resuhî Bey gave me two notebooks and said:

“Tonight I o to Yakacik; this is very i here to meet with me Unfortunately I will not be able towoman is very important Both she and her husband Azation That is why I want you to meet with thes to her and the other belongs to her husband Beforewith the wife, read both notebooks very carefully and with an open in to understand the situation Afif, er—a terrible, historical one—in these frightening, mysterious times Güzin Hanim is a very clever and sensible person; you will see this when you speak with her She was also the dearest friend and the sincere confidant of poor Sadan

29 Septe the lawyer Aziven to me by the professor; I wonder if what happened to Az man ent to Transylvania wentinto? Inus is not unraveling It is beco

Güzin Hani her and her husband Azmi Bey’s diaries, her value and importance had increased in htful young wo our discussion of Sadan’s tragedy, I read soes from my own diary to Güzin Hanim and she appeared deeply interested I finally decided to let her read es, Güzin Hanim said:

“Your diary is very interesting and very important I can see clearly that it is one terrible part of a very horrible and unbelievably sad story Both Azht after the day wemore information, Azns of illness and where we know all of the events in the diary occurred But he will be returning toether, ill triuerous obstacles!

After a brief pause, she continued:

“Ah, Afif Bey, ill learn even an centuries ago If only I could tell you what I think is about to happen”

From Güzin Hanim’s Diary

29 September—My God! Doctor Afif Bey’s journal, especially the section regarding Sadan’s death, made me very uncomfortable! If I did not knohat happened to Azmi in Transylvania I could have never have believed such a thing possible So occurred to me; I asked Doctor Afif Bey if his journal had been read carefully by Doctor Resuhî Bey

“No,” he said “The professor did not need to see this”

However, I a of this difficult, horrible situation we face To better understand this threat that has been unfolding behind a dark fog for three or four centuries, and which has now stretched its ar Doctor Resuhî Bey to read Doctor Afif Bey’s diary I think it is essential Even the sreatest secrets My God! I al before my eyes as I write these lines

When I gave my opinion to Doctor Afif Bey, he was persuaded to show the journal to Resuhî Bey Turan Bey, Özdemir Bey, Resuhî Bey, and the rest of us will form a council of war, so to speak By that tiation in Bakirköy I have said that even the sreat secrets One example of this is the fact that Doctor Resuhî Bey and I have read Azmi’s notebooks, and we believe sincerely that this horrible creature called Count Dracula, and the coffin of this wild and dark shadow from the Turkish Empire’s past, has coht that a few rando from Varna and crates of soil would yield such results? A va, or a a horror novel?

From Doctor Afif Bey’s Diary

30 September—Azmi Bey and his wife Güzin Hanim arrived today at one o’clock I examined very carefully this man who lived a life of hell in the castle of the dreaded Count Dracula A very polite, but also tough, clever, and athletic young ood-spirited, just like his wife But at the sa to the plan set by Doctor Resuhî Bey, e apartment has become a sort of rendezvous point I set aside a room for Azmi Bey and his wife immediately My private clinic of five or six beds will be very useful for these guests right now It is really quite fortunate that I do not have many patients