{"id":152,"date":"2016-07-16T15:42:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T07:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog2.huayuworld.org\/odgeodge\/?p=152"},"modified":"2016-07-29T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T08:45:50","slug":"his-waxen-hue-became-greenish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog2.huayuworld.org\/odgeodge\/2016\/07\/16\/his-waxen-hue-became-greenish\/","title":{"rendered":"His waxen hue became greenish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Helsing, Harker, and I were just behind the door, so that when it was opened the Professor could guard it whilst we two stepped between the incomer and the door. Godalming behind and Quincey in front stood just out of sight ready to move in front of the window. We waited in a suspense that made the seconds pass with nightmare slowness. The slow, careful steps came along the hall; the Count was evidently prepared for some surprise\u2014at least he feared it reenex facial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suddenly with a single bound he leaped into the room, winning a way past us before any of us could raise a hand to stay him. There was something so panther-like in the movement\u2014something so unhuman, that it seemed to sober us all from the shock of his coming. The first to act was Harker, who, with a quick movement, threw himself before the door leading into the room in the front of the house. As the Count saw us, a horrible sort of snarl passed over his face, showing the eye-teeth long and pointed; but the evil smile as quickly passed into a cold stare of lion-like disdain. His expression again changed as, with a single impulse, we all advanced upon him. <\/p>\n

It was a pity that we had not some better organised plan of attack, for even at the moment I wondered what we were to do. I did not myself know whether our lethal weapons would avail us anything. Harker evidently meant to try the matter, for he had ready his great Kukri knife and made a fierce and sudden cut at him. The blow was a powerful one; only the diabolical quickness of the Count\u2019s leap back saved him. A second less and the trenchant blade had shorne through his heart reenex facial<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As it was, the point just cut the cloth of his coat, making a wide gap whence a bundle of bank-notes and a stream of gold fell out. The expression of the Count\u2019s face was so hellish, that for a moment I feared for Harker, though I saw him throw the terrible knife aloft again for another stroke. Instinctively I moved forward with a protective impulse, holding the Crucifix and Wafer in my left hand. I felt a mighty power fly along my arm; and it was without surprise that I saw the monster cower back before a similar movement made spontaneously by each one of us. It would be impossible to describe the expression of hate and baffled malignity\u2014of anger and hellish rage\u2014which came over the Count\u2019s face. -yellow by the contrast of his burning eyes, and the red scar on the forehead showed on the pallid skin like a palpitating wound. The next instant, with a sinuous dive he swept under Harker\u2019s arm, ere his blow could fall, and, grasping a handful of the money from the floor, dashed across the room, threw himself at the window. <\/p>\n

Amid the crash and glitter of the falling glass, he tumbled into the flagged area below. Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the \u201cting\u201d of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging reenex facial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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