How can I describe what we saw? The bodies of two women - Lucy and her mother - lay on the bed. The face of the both women were white, and on the mother's face there was a look of terrible fear. In her hand she held the flowers from Lucy's neck, and on the floor there was glass from the broken window.
Van Helsing looked down at the two women. 'The poor mother is dead.' he said. 'But for it is not too late! Go and wake the servants!. I ran downstairs to wake them. 'Put her in a hot bath,' Van Helsing said.
After a time, Lucy began to show some life, and they took her and put her in a warm bed. From time to time she slept, but her did not fight to stay alive. She could not eat anything, and she was very weak. We sent for Arthur, and when he came, he was very unhappy. His father was now dead, and he could see that Lucy was very, very ill. One of us sat with Lucy all the time. and that night Arthur and Van Helsing slept in the sitting-room, while I watched over Lucy.