A quick word from Mina as we begin Chapter 14.
CHAPTER XIV
MINA HARKER’S JOURNAL
23 September.—Jonathan is better after a bad night. I am so glad that he has plenty of work to do, for that keeps his mind off the terrible things; and oh, I am rejoiced that he is not now weighed down with the responsibility of his new position. I knew he would be true to himself, and now how proud I am to see my Jonathan rising to the height of his advancement and keeping pace in all ways with the duties that come upon him. He will be away all day till late, for he said he could not lunch at home. My household work is done, so I shall take his foreign journal, and lock myself up in my room and read it....
Notes: Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
A short, but profound, entry today. Jonathan is at work (and not contributing to the plot) so Mina secludes herself by reading Jonathan's journal. This event is every bit as important, if not more so, than Van Helsing proclamation yesterday.
Van Helsing might "know," but Mina is about to figure it all out on her own.
While I am not trying to put a lot of stock in the various moon phases and times of year, I can't help but draw the parallels of Lucy dying during a new (dark) moon and Mina and Van Helsing having their revelations during the waxing, or brightening, of the moon.
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