September 29th

"Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were 'main and mortal heavy,' and that the shifting them was dry work. One of them added that it was hard lines that there wasn't any gentleman 'such-like as yourself, squire,' to show some sort of appreciation of their efforts in a liquid form; another put in a rider that the thirst then generated was such that even the time which had elapsed had not completely allayed it. Needless to add, I took care before leaving to lift, for ever and adequately, this source of reproach." - Jonathan Harker (pg. 249)

I think that's one of the funniest passages in the book. It happens AGAIN tomorrow when Jonathan goes somewhere else to inquire about the boxes. I can totally get behind what these guys were doing. If there's some rich bastard around that you can hit up for booze, by all means, hit him up!

It's quite likely that Jonathan allayed their thirst with some "Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale" it of course being brewed in an insane asylum by his new friend Dr. Jack Seward. It's also likely that he served it in a "Vampire Bat" pint glass because he likes designs that coincide with current events in his personal life.