The next day Van Helsing, Jack Seward, Arthur, and I made our plans. Mina was there too. She was very pale, but she wanted to help us. We knew that we had to kill Dracula before Mina died.
‘If we don’t,’ Van Helsing said, ‘Mina will die and will be a vampire for ever. I have been back to the count’s house this morning, and the last coffin has gone. We must find it. Count Dracula will be in it during the day. If we can find him before dark, we can kill him.’
‘But where is it now?’ I asked wildly.