Sensuousness and Danger

The wench whose sensuous demeanor lies precisely in that word having more than lascivious connotations need not fear Dracula, although she is his icon and the object of his pursuits. It is he whom the EARTH refuses to embrace for long, and for whom that word can mean only a modest, stale, and aged piece of his homeland to which he is confined during the day. He sleeps alone while the sun shines and the smooth clouds hide, while people are merry and go about their business and do not need to cower before the cross which, to them, means salvation rather than danger.