We hurried back to our hotel to tell my dear Mina the news, but we saw that she knew it already, and her face was white with fear. ‘He has gone,’ she said quietly, ‘and he is taking me with him. Oh my dear friends! Before I change into a vampire, you must kill me! Then you must do what did to poor Lucy, to give me rest. Tell me that you will do this for me!’
I held her hands, but I could not speak. If that day ever comes, I don’t know how I shall live through it.
Later, while Mina slept, we tried to make new plans.