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CHAPTER 1 1876Summary Chapter 1 starts with the main persona, Jonathan Harker a solicitor clerk making a journey to Transylvania at he behest of a client Count Dracula. Jonathan starts making entries in his journal on May 3. He leaves Munich and arrives at Vienna Budapest. He stops at Hotel Royale, where he has dinner party but his night is restless as he has queer dreams. He starts out again in the morning boarding the train at Bistritz. As directed by the Count, he goes to Golden Krone Hotel, where Dracula gives him a letter. On May 4, his next entry tells about the fear on the faces of is landlord and wife. They stand firm to tell him much about Dracula and instead try to dissuade from going, telling him that it is the eve of St. Georges Day, when all the evil things in the world collapse full sway. The Landlords wife puts a rosary around on his neck. The Counts coach arrives for Jonathan. On May 5, in the castle, the number one wood, the landlord and his wife, and a grim cro wd point two fingers at Jonathan and make the target of the cross. Jonathan is later told that this is to word of evil. The driver and Jonathan arrive earlier than schedule time. The driver urges Jonathan to go back. onward Jonathan can react, a tall man with along brown beard and a great black hat comes along. The other driver makes a sign of the cross and leaves in a hurry. The tall man drives his carriage away towards Draculas castle. At about midnight a dog begins to howl followed by many others. The horses nervously strain and rear but the driver pacifies them almost magically. The howling sounds nearer and nearer and this time it is the baying of the wolves. Suddenly, Jonathan sees a faint flickering lively flame. The driver sees it and jumps down and disappears into the darkness. He reappears again, the flames seems to have disappeared. Again it appears but does not seem to illumine the place. Once a strange optical effect happens, where the driver stands between the flame and Jonathan and does not obstruct it. The howling of the wolves continuously follows the carriage. The horses jump and rear in terror, but the driver is in full command. After some(prenominal) time, they finally stop in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle with tall black windows through which no light penetrates.