The flapping continued, and Lucy tried to calm her mother. Disturbed by the noise, her mother came into the room and got into bed with her. She looked out the window, but could see only a big bat flapping its wings. On the 17th of September, at nighttime, Lucy records everything she can remember in a memorandum: she was awakened by a flapping at the window and was frightened because no one was in the house she tried to stay awake and heard something like the howl of a dog, but it was more fierce and frightening. The telegram, however, doesn't arrive until almost morning, and Seward leaves immediately for Lucy's - on the 18th of September. Van Helsing telegraphs Seward, telling him to meet him at Lucy's house that night. Renfield grabbed a knife, cut Seward's wrist rather severely, and a puddle of blood formed on the floor Renfield then began "licking it up like a dog," murmuring over and over to himself, "The blood is life." Seward's diary records how, on the 17th of September, he was attacked by Renfield in his office. Suddenly the big wolf, Bersicker, returned home, docile and peaceful, except that his head was peppered with broken glass.ĭr. It seems that when the moon was shining one night, all of the wolves of the zoo began to howl and a "big grey dog was seen coming close to the cages where the wolves were." When the zoo keeper checked the cells at midnight, he found one of the wolves missing. Even the bats flapping at her window, the harsh voices, and the distant sounds do not bother her any more.Īt this point, the story is interrupted with a newspaper article about an "escaped wolf." The article tells about a curious incident a few nights earlier. Westenra that she must never remove anything from Lucy's room because the "flowers" and other objects have medicinal value.įour days later, Lucy records that she is feeling much better. This time, Van Helsing must be the donor since Seward has given blood to her so recently. Lucy is on the verge of death, and Seward knows that she must have another transfusion immediately, or she will die. He recovers, and then he rushes to Lucy's room. Seward saw Van Helsing break down and begin to "sob with loud, dry sobs, that seemed to come from the very wracking of his heart." He feels that they are "sore beset" by some pagan fate. Westenra, but as soon as she had left, Dr. Van Helsing was very restrained in the presence of Mrs. Westenra in the hall and discovered that she had checked on Lucy, found the room very "stuffy," and, thus, she removed those "horrible, strong smelling flowers" from around Lucy's neck and from here and there in the room, and then opened the windows in order for the room to air out. Seward's diary, we learn that he picked up Van Helsing and went to see Lucy the next day. On the 12th of September, Lucy is perplexed by the presence of the garlic flowers, but she has such trust in Van Helsing that she is not frightened to fall asleep that night.
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