... is then driven to madness, "is this my reward for defending god's church?" he cries. He then vows to rise from his own death to avenge that of his wife with the aid of all the powers of darkness. To seal this vow, Dracula draws his sword and trusts it though the center of a large cross, causing the cross and everything in the church to ... in some manner by trickery or good faith, or in some other manner, to the Porte and if not, to try and take me in captivity. But by the grace of God, as I was journeying towards their frontier, I found out about their trickery and slyness and I was th...

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