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1Letter, Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra. "Buda-Pesth, 24 August. "My dearest Lucy,-- "I know you will be anxious to hear
2all that has happened since we parted at the railway station at Whitby. Well, my dear, I got to Hull all right, and
3caught the boat to Hamburg, and then the train on here. I feel that I can hardly recall anything of the journey, except
4that I knew I was coming to Jonathan, and, that as I should have to do some nursing, I had better get all the sleep I
5could.... I found my dear one, oh, so thin and pale and weak-looking. All the resolution has gone out of his dear eyes,
6and that quiet dignity which I told you was in his face has vanished. He is only a wreck of himself, and he does not
7remember anything that has happened to him for a long time past. At least, he wants me to believe so, and I shall never
8ask. He has had some terrible shock, and I fear it might tax his poor brain if he were to try to recall it. Sister
9Agatha, who is a good creature and a born nurse, tells me that he raved of dreadful things whilst he was off his head. I
10wanted her to tell me what they were; but she would only cross herself, and say she would never tell; that the ravings
11of the sick were the secrets of God, and that if a nurse through her vocation should hear them, she should respect her
12trust. She is a sweet, good soul, and the next day, when she saw I was troubled, she opened up the subject again, and
13after saying that she could never mention what my poor dear raved about, added: 'I can tell you this much, my dear: that
14it was not about anything which he has done wrong himself; and you, as his wife to be, have no cause to be concerned. He
15has not forgotten you or what he owes to you. His fear was of great and terrible things, which no mortal can treat of.'
16I do believe the dear soul thought I might be jealous lest my poor dear should have fallen in love with any other girl.
17The idea of my being jealous about Jonathan! And yet, my dear, let me whisper, I felt a thrill of joy through me when I
18knew that no other woman was a cause of trouble. I am now sitting by his bedside, where I can see his face while he
19sleeps. He is waking!... "When he woke he asked me for his coat, as he wanted to get something from the pocket; I asked
20Sister Agatha, and she brought all his things. I saw that amongst them was his note-book, and was going to ask him to
21let me look at it--for I knew then that I might find some clue to his trouble--but I suppose he must have seen my wish
22in my eyes, for he sent me over to the window, saying he wanted to be quite alone for a moment. Then he called me back,
23and when I came he had his hand over the note-book, and he said to me very solemnly:-- "'Wilhelmina'--I knew then that
24he was in deadly earnest, for he has never called me by that name since he asked me to marry him--'you know, dear, my
25ideas of the trust between husband and wife: there should be no secret, no concealment. I have had a great shock, and
26when I try to think of what it is I feel my head spin round, and I do not know if it was all real or the dreaming of a
27madman. You know I have had brain fever, and that is to be mad. The secret is here, and I do not want to know it. I want
28to take up my life here, with our marriage.' For, my dear, we had decided to be married as soon as the formalities are
29complete. 'Are you willing, Wilhelmina, to share my ignorance? Here is the book. Take it and keep it, read it if you
30will, but never let me know; unless, indeed, some solemn duty should come upon me to go back to the bitter hours, asleep
31or awake, sane or mad, recorded here.' He fell back exhausted, and I put the book under his pillow, and kissed him. I
32have asked Sister Agatha to beg the Superior to let our wedding be this afternoon, and am waiting her reply.... "She has
33come and told me that the chaplain of the English mission church has been sent for. We are to be married in an hour, or
34as soon after as Jonathan awakes.... "Lucy, the time has come and gone. I feel very solemn, but very, very happy.
35Jonathan woke a little after the hour, and all was ready, and he sat up in bed, propped up with pillows. He answered his
36'I will' firmly and strongly. I could hardly speak; my heart was so full that even those words seemed to choke me. The
37dear sisters were so kind. Please God, I shall never, never forget them, nor the grave and sweet responsibilities I have
38taken upon me. I must tell you of my wedding present. When the chaplain and the sisters had left me alone with my
39husband--oh, Lucy, it is the first time I have written the words 'my husband'--left me alone with my husband, I took the
40book from under his pillow, and wrapped it up in white paper, and tied it with a little bit of pale blue ribbon which
41was round my neck, and sealed it over the knot with sealing-wax, and for my seal I used my wedding ring. Then I kissed
42it and showed it to my husband, and told him that I would keep it so, and then it would be an outward and visible sign
43for us all our lives that we trusted each other; that I would never open it unless it were for his own dear sake or for
44the sake of some stern duty. Then he took my hand in his, and oh, Lucy, it was the first time he took his wife's hand,
45and said that it was the dearest thing in all the wide world, and that he would go through all the past again to win it,
46if need be. The poor dear meant to have said a part of the past, but he cannot think of time yet, and I shall not wonder
47if at first he mixes up not only the month, but the year. "Well, my dear, what could I say? I could only tell him that I
48was the happiest woman in all the wide world, and that I had nothing to give him except myself, my life, and my trust,
49and that with these went my love and duty for all the days of my life. And, my dear, when he kissed me, and drew me to
50him with his poor weak hands, it was like a very solemn pledge between us.... "Lucy dear, do you know why I tell you all
51this? It is not only because it is all sweet to me, but because you have been, and are, very dear to me. It was my
52privilege to be your friend and guide when you came from the schoolroom to prepare for the world of life. I want you to
53see now, and with the eyes of a very happy wife, whither duty has led me; so that in your own married life you too may
54be all happy as I am. My dear, please Almighty God, your life may be all it promises: a long day of sunshine, with no
55harsh wind, no forgetting duty, no distrust. I must not wish you no pain, for that can never be; but I do hope you will
56be always as happy as I am now. Good-bye, my dear. I shall post this at once, and, perhaps, write you very soon again. I
57must stop, for Jonathan is waking--I must attend to my husband! "Your ever-loving "MINA HARKER." Letter, Lucy Westenra
58to Mina Harker. "Whitby, 30 August. "My dearest Mina,--
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