The Historian (96 page)
Authors: Elizabeth Kostova
Tags: #Istanbul (Turkey), #Legends, #Occult fiction; American, #Fiction, #Horror fiction, #Dracula; Count (Fictitious character), #Horror, #Horror tales; American, #Historians, #Occult, #Wallachia, #Historical, #Horror stories, #Occult fiction, #Budapest (Hungary), #Occultism, #Vampires, #General, #Fantasy, #Suspense, #Men's Adventure, #Occult & Supernatural
The dome of the tower has long openings on every side. When the abbot reaches the top, Dracula is already standing at his favorite post, staring across the water, his hands clasped behind him in a characteristic gesture of thought, of planning. The abbot has seen him stand this way in front of his warriors, directing the strategy for the next day‘s raid. He looks not at all like a man in constant peril—a leader whose death could occur at any hour, who should be pondering every moment the question of his salvation. He looks instead, the abbot thinks, as if all the world is before him.