Pages 259 - 272
Vocab
Miasma: unplesant or unwholesome air
"There was an earthy smell, as of some dry miasma, which came through the fouler air." (Jonathan Harker's Journal pg. 265)
What is Renfield doing in the insane asylum? What are his motivations? We already know that Arthur, Quincy, John, Jonathan, and Van Helsing are looking for Dracula so they can kill him, but why is Renfield trying to do the same thing? Maybe he's trying to save all their lives, or trying to help his "master" fulfill his plans with England. Perhaps Renfield has some sort of secret deal with Dracula. It could be that if he helps this demon vampire, Dracula will change Renfield into a complete vampire. That could be the most dangerous thing that could happen in the book.
The men are on a search for the dreadful Dracula. They made there way to his new castle that rests in England. They've made there way through one part and had to use some skeleton keys to unlock certain doors. In one of the rooms they found some of the boxes that came from the Count's castle in Tranyslvania, but there were only twenty-nine there from the original fifty that should've been sent there. In almost all the rooms of the house are rats. At first there were just a few and then thousands appeared. Maybe the rats are Dracula, since we found out he can take the shape of some animals yesterday.
What about Mina? All these guys are going out searching for Dracula, and yet Mina stays in the house alone. What if when all the men are gone Dracula comes and takes her or even bites her? If Jonathan realizes this what can he do about it? There doesn't seem to be any safe place in all of England. Is there anywhere she can go to stay out of harms way? Does such a place even exist? She seems to be very concerned about what Jonathan and the others are doing. Mina seems to be blaming herself for what happened to Lucy.
