Van Helsing had to return to Holland for a few day and before he left, he told us, 'You must watch Lucy every night, and be sure that she wears the garlic flowers' Lucy's mother was ill herself - her heart was not strong - and Arthur had to go back home because his father was dying. So far a week I watched over Lucy myself at night, and sometime, when I sat by her bed, I heard strange noises at the window. Perhaps it was a tree, or the wind, I thought. I was working at my hospital during the day, and after a week I was very tired, so one night I did not go to Lucy's house. I needed to sleep, and I knew that Lucy's mother and the servant were there. Also, Van Helsing sent news garlic flowers every day, for Lucy to wear at night.