the hotel it was warm and friendly. The people there were all laughing and talking. 'Where are you going? they asked me. "To Castle Dracula,' I replied. Suddenly the room was silent and everyone turned to look at me. I could not understand why they all looked afraid. 'Don't go there,' someone said "But I have to,' I answered. "It's business.' They began to talk again, but they were no longer laughing. Slowly, the hotel keeper's wife took the gold cross from her neck and put it into my hand. "Take this she said. "There is danger at Castle Dracula Perhaps this will help you.' When the coach arrived and I got into it, a crowd of people came to watch, and I heard the word 'vampire'