Arthur was very unhappy, and also angry. He could not believe that Lucy was now one of the Un-Dead, but in the end he agreed to come with us to the tomb.
It was just before midnight when we got to the churchyard. The night was dark, but now and then, a little moonlight came through the cloud. Van Helsing opened the door of the tomb and we all went in.
‘Now, Jack,’ he said to me, you were with me yesterday afternoon. Was Miss Lucy’s body in that coffin then?’
‘It was,’ I replied.
Slowly, Van Helsing opened the coffin. Arthur’s face was white when he moved nearer. We all looked down. The coffin was empty!
For a minute, no one spoke. Then Van Helsing said, ‘Now we must go outside and wait.’