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1"It is not too late. It beats, though but feebly. All our work is undone; we must begin again. There is no young Arthur
2here now; I have to call on you yourself this time, friend John." As he spoke, he was dipping into his bag and producing
3the instruments for transfusion; I had taken off my coat and rolled up my shirt-sleeve. There was no possibility of an
4opiate just at present, and no need of one; and so, without a moment's delay, we began the operation. After a time--it
5did not seem a short time either, for the draining away of one's blood, no matter how willingly it be given, is a
6terrible feeling--Van Helsing held up a warning finger. "Do not stir," he said, "but I fear that with growing strength
7she may wake; and that would make danger, oh, so much danger. But I shall precaution take. I shall give hypodermic
8injection of morphia." He proceeded then, swiftly and deftly, to carry out his intent. The effect on Lucy was not bad,
9for the faint seemed to merge subtly into the narcotic sleep. It was with a feeling of personal pride that I could see a
10faint tinge of colour steal back into the pallid cheeks and lips. No man knows, till he experiences it, what it is to
11feel his own life-blood drawn away into the veins of the woman he loves. The Professor watched me critically. "That will
12do," he said. "Already?" I remonstrated. "You took a great deal more from Art." To which he smiled a sad sort of smile
13as he replied:-- "He is her lover, her fiancé. You have work, much work, to do for her and for others; and the present
14will suffice." When we stopped the operation, he attended to Lucy, whilst I applied digital pressure to my own incision.
15I laid down, whilst I waited his leisure to attend to me, for I felt faint and a little sick. By-and-by he bound up my
16wound, and sent me downstairs to get a glass of wine for myself. As I was leaving the room, he came after me, and half
17whispered:-- "Mind, nothing must be said of this. If our young lover should turn up unexpected, as before, no word to
18him. It would at once frighten him and enjealous him, too. There must be none. So!" When I came back he looked at me
19carefully, and then said:-- "You are not much the worse. Go into the room, and lie on your sofa, and rest awhile; then
20have much breakfast, and come here to me." I followed out his orders, for I knew how right and wise they were. I had
21done my part, and now my next duty was to keep up my strength. I felt very weak, and in the weakness lost something of
22the amazement at what had occurred. I fell asleep on the sofa, however, wondering over and over again how Lucy had made
23such a retrograde movement, and how she could have been drained of so much blood with no sign anywhere to show for it. I
24think I must have continued my wonder in my dreams, for, sleeping and waking, my thoughts always came back to the little
25punctures in her throat and the ragged, exhausted appearance of their edges--tiny though they were. Lucy slept well into
26the day, and when she woke she was fairly well and strong, though not nearly so much so as the day before. When Van
27Helsing had seen her, he went out for a walk, leaving me in charge, with strict injunctions that I was not to leave her
28for a moment. I could hear his voice in the hall, asking the way to the nearest telegraph office. Lucy chatted with me
29freely, and seemed quite unconscious that anything had happened. I tried to keep her amused and interested. When her
30mother came up to see her, she did not seem to notice any change whatever, but said to me gratefully:-- "We owe you so
31much, Dr. Seward, for all you have done, but you really must now take care not to overwork yourself. You are looking
32pale yourself. You want a wife to nurse and look after you a bit; that you do!" As she spoke, Lucy turned crimson,
33though it was only momentarily, for her poor wasted veins could not stand for long such an unwonted drain to the head.
34The reaction came in excessive pallor as she turned imploring eyes on me. I smiled and nodded, and laid my finger on my
35lips; with a sigh, she sank back amid her pillows. Van Helsing returned in a couple of hours, and presently said to me:
36"Now you go home, and eat much and drink enough. Make yourself strong. I stay here to-night, and I shall sit up with
37little miss myself. You and I must watch the case, and we must have none other to know. I have grave reasons. No, do not
38ask them; think what you will. Do not fear to think even the most not-probable. Good-night." In the hall two of the
39maids came to me, and asked if they or either of them might not sit up with Miss Lucy. They implored me to let them; and
40when I said it was Dr. Van Helsing's wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede
41with the "foreign gentleman." I was much touched by their kindness. Perhaps it is because I am weak at present, and
42perhaps because it was on Lucy's account, that their devotion was manifested; for over and over again have I seen
43similar instances of woman's kindness. I got back here in time for a late dinner; went my rounds--all well; and set this
44down whilst waiting for sleep. It is coming. 11 September.--This afternoon I went over to Hillingham. Found Van Helsing
45in excellent spirits, and Lucy much better. Shortly after I had arrived, a big parcel from abroad came for the
46Professor. He opened it with much impressment--assumed, of course--and showed a great bundle of white flowers. "These
47are for you, Miss Lucy," he said. "For me? Oh, Dr. Van Helsing!" "Yes, my dear, but not for you to play with. These are
48medicines." Here Lucy made a wry face. "Nay, but they are not to take in a decoction or in nauseous form, so you need
49not snub that so charming nose, or I shall point out to my friend Arthur what woes he may have to endure in seeing so
50much beauty that he so loves so much distort. Aha, my pretty miss, that bring the so nice nose all straight again. This
51is medicinal, but you do not know how. I put him in your window, I make pretty wreath, and hang him round your neck, so
52that you sleep well. Oh yes! they, like the lotus flower, make your trouble forgotten. It smell so like the waters of
53Lethe, and of that fountain of youth that the Conquistadores sought for in the Floridas, and find him all too late."
54Whilst he was speaking, Lucy had been examining the flowers and smelling them. Now she threw them down, saying, with
55half-laughter, and half-disgust:-- "Oh, Professor, I believe you are only putting up a joke on me. Why, these flowers
56are only common garlic." To my surprise, Van Helsing rose up and said with all his sternness, his iron jaw set and his
57bushy eyebrows meeting:-- "No trifling with me! I never jest! There is grim purpose in all I do; and I warn you that you
58do not thwart me. Take care, for the sake of others if not for your own." Then seeing poor Lucy scared, as she might
59well be, he went on more gently: "Oh, little miss, my dear, do not fear me. I only do for your good; but there is much
60virtue to you in those so common flowers. See, I place them myself in your room. I make myself the wreath that you are
61to wear. But hush! no telling to others that make so inquisitive questions. We must obey, and silence is a part of
62obedience; and obedience is to bring you strong and well into loving arms that wait for you. Now sit still awhile. Come
63with me, friend John, and you shall help me deck the room with my garlic, which is all the way from Haarlem, where my
64friend Vanderpool raise herb in his glass-houses all the year. I had to telegraph yesterday, or they would not have been
65here."
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