When I heard from Arthur the terrible news of Lucy's strange illness, I went to immediately. I could see that she was very ill. She lay in bed all day did not move. She was as white as a ghost and she was very thin. When night came, she was afraid to sleep, and in the morning, on her neck there were to strange little wounds. I did not know what was wrong with Lucy. She was losing blood. But how? Was it thought these two little wounds in her neck? I decided to sent for my old teacher Professor Van Helsing from Holland, Perhaps he could help. He came immediately, and when he saw how ill Lucy was, he said, 'We must give her blood at once,'
'She can have my blood!' cried Arthur. 'All of it - to the last drop!
Van Helsing was right. With Arthur's blood in her, Lucy began to get better immediately. But before he left, Van Helsing did one more thing. He broght some flowers with a very strong smell, and he put a circle of them round Lucy's neck. 'My dear,' he said, 'these are garlic flowers. Do not take them from your neck tonight, and do not open your window.