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1"And now we must settle what we do. We have here much data, and we must proceed to lay out our campaign. We know from
2the inquiry of Jonathan that from the castle to Whitby came fifty boxes of earth, all of which were delivered at Carfax;
3we also know that at least some of these boxes have been removed. It seems to me, that our first step should be to
4ascertain whether all the rest remain in the house beyond that wall where we look to-day; or whether any more have been
5removed. If the latter, we must trace----" Here we were interrupted in a very startling way. Outside the house came the
6sound of a pistol-shot; the glass of the window was shattered with a bullet, which, ricochetting from the top of the
7embrasure, struck the far wall of the room. I am afraid I am at heart a coward, for I shrieked out. The men all jumped
8to their feet; Lord Godalming flew over to the window and threw up the sash. As he did so we heard Mr. Morris's voice
9without:-- "Sorry! I fear I have alarmed you. I shall come in and tell you about it." A minute later he came in and
10said:-- "It was an idiotic thing of me to do, and I ask your pardon, Mrs. Harker, most sincerely; I fear I must have
11frightened you terribly. But the fact is that whilst the Professor was talking there came a big bat and sat on the
12window-sill. I have got such a horror of the damned brutes from recent events that I cannot stand them, and I went out
13to have a shot, as I have been doing of late of evenings, whenever I have seen one. You used to laugh at me for it then,
14Art." "Did you hit it?" asked Dr. Van Helsing. "I don't know; I fancy not, for it flew away into the wood." Without
15saying any more he took his seat, and the Professor began to resume his statement:-- "We must trace each of these boxes;
16and when we are ready, we must either capture or kill this monster in his lair; or we must, so to speak, sterilise the
17earth, so that no more he can seek safety in it. Thus in the end we may find him in his form of man between the hours of
18noon and sunset, and so engage with him when he is at his most weak. "And now for you, Madam Mina, this night is the end
19until all be well. You are too precious to us to have such risk. When we part to-night, you no more must question. We
20shall tell you all in good time. We are men and are able to bear; but you must be our star and our hope, and we shall
21act all the more free that you are not in the danger, such as we are." All the men, even Jonathan, seemed relieved; but
22it did not seem to me good that they should brave danger and, perhaps, lessen their safety--strength being the best
23safety--through care of me; but their minds were made up, and, though it was a bitter pill for me to swallow, I could
24say nothing, save to accept their chivalrous care of me. Mr. Morris resumed the discussion:-- "As there is no time to
25lose, I vote we have a look at his house right now. Time is everything with him; and swift action on our part may save
26another victim." I own that my heart began to fail me when the time for action came so close, but I did not say
27anything, for I had a greater fear that if I appeared as a drag or a hindrance to their work, they might even leave me
28out of their counsels altogether. They have now gone off to Carfax, with means to get into the house. Manlike, they had
29told me to go to bed and sleep; as if a woman can sleep when those she loves are in danger! I shall lie down and pretend
30to sleep, lest Jonathan have added anxiety about me when he returns. Dr. Seward's Diary. 1 October, 4 a. m.--Just as we
31were about to leave the house, an urgent message was brought to me from Renfield to know if I would see him at once, as
32he had something of the utmost importance to say to me. I told the messenger to say that I would attend to his wishes in
33the morning; I was busy just at the moment. The attendant added:-- "He seems very importunate, sir. I have never seen
34him so eager. I don't know but what, if you don't see him soon, he will have one of his violent fits." I knew the man
35would not have said this without some cause, so I said: "All right; I'll go now"; and I asked the others to wait a few
36minutes for me, as I had to go and see my "patient." "Take me with you, friend John," said the Professor. "His case in
37your diary interest me much, and it had bearing, too, now and again on our case. I should much like to see him, and
38especial when his mind is disturbed." "May I come also?" asked Lord Godalming. "Me too?" said Quincey Morris. "May I
39come?" said Harker. I nodded, and we all went down the passage together. We found him in a state of considerable
40excitement, but far more rational in his speech and manner than I had ever seen him. There was an unusual understanding
41of himself, which was unlike anything I had ever met with in a lunatic; and he took it for granted that his reasons
42would prevail with others entirely sane. We all four went into the room, but none of the others at first said anything.
43His request was that I would at once release him from the asylum and send him home. This he backed up with arguments
44regarding his complete recovery, and adduced his own existing sanity. "I appeal to your friends," he said, "they will,
45perhaps, not mind sitting in judgment on my case. By the way, you have not introduced me." I was so much astonished,
46that the oddness of introducing a madman in an asylum did not strike me at the moment; and, besides, there was a certain
47dignity in the man's manner, so much of the habit of equality, that I at once made the introduction: "Lord Godalming;
48Professor Van Helsing; Mr. Quincey Morris, of Texas; Mr. Renfield." He shook hands with each of them, saying in turn:--
49"Lord Godalming, I had the honour of seconding your father at the Windham; I grieve to know, by your holding the title,
50that he is no more. He was a man loved and honoured by all who knew him; and in his youth was, I have heard, the
51inventor of a burnt rum punch, much patronised on Derby night. Mr. Morris, you should be proud of your great state. Its
52reception into the Union was a precedent which may have far-reaching effects hereafter, when the Pole and the Tropics
53may hold alliance to the Stars and Stripes. The power of Treaty may yet prove a vast engine of enlargement, when the
54Monroe doctrine takes its true place as a political fable. What shall any man say of his pleasure at meeting Van
55Helsing? Sir, I make no apology for dropping all forms of conventional prefix. When an individual has revolutionised
56therapeutics by his discovery of the continuous evolution of brain-matter, conventional forms are unfitting, since they
57would seem to limit him to one of a class. You, gentlemen, who by nationality, by heredity, or by the possession of
58natural gifts, are fitted to hold your respective places in the moving world, I take to witness that I am as sane as at
59least the majority of men who are in full possession of their liberties. And I am sure that you, Dr. Seward,
60humanitarian and medico-jurist as well as scientist, will deem it a moral duty to deal with me as one to be considered
61as under exceptional circumstances." He made this last appeal with a courtly air of conviction which was not without its
62own charm.
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