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1"And now, my friends, we have a duty here to do. We must sterilise this earth, so sacred of holy memories, that he has
2brought from a far distant land for such fell use. He has chosen this earth because it has been holy. Thus we defeat him
3with his own weapon, for we make it more holy still. It was sanctified to such use of man, now we sanctify it to God."
4As he spoke he took from his bag a screwdriver and a wrench, and very soon the top of one of the cases was thrown open.
5The earth smelled musty and close; but we did not somehow seem to mind, for our attention was concentrated on the
6Professor. Taking from his box a piece of the Sacred Wafer he laid it reverently on the earth, and then shutting down
7the lid began to screw it home, we aiding him as he worked. One by one we treated in the same way each of the great
8boxes, and left them as we had found them to all appearance; but in each was a portion of the Host. When we closed the
9door behind us, the Professor said solemnly:-- "So much is already done. If it may be that with all the others we can be
10so successful, then the sunset of this evening may shine on Madam Mina's forehead all white as ivory and with no stain!"
11As we passed across the lawn on our way to the station to catch our train we could see the front of the asylum. I looked
12eagerly, and in the window of my own room saw Mina. I waved my hand to her, and nodded to tell that our work there was
13successfully accomplished. She nodded in reply to show that she understood. The last I saw, she was waving her hand in
14farewell. It was with a heavy heart that we sought the station and just caught the train, which was steaming in as we
15reached the platform. I have written this in the train. Piccadilly, 12:30 o'clock.--Just before we reached Fenchurch
16Street Lord Godalming said to me:-- "Quincey and I will find a locksmith. You had better not come with us in case there
17should be any difficulty; for under the circumstances it wouldn't seem so bad for us to break into an empty house. But
18you are a solicitor and the Incorporated Law Society might tell you that you should have known better." I demurred as to
19my not sharing any danger even of odium, but he went on: "Besides, it will attract less attention if there are not too
20many of us. My title will make it all right with the locksmith, and with any policeman that may come along. You had
21better go with Jack and the Professor and stay in the Green Park, somewhere in sight of the house; and when you see the
22door opened and the smith has gone away, do you all come across. We shall be on the lookout for you, and shall let you
23in." "The advice is good!" said Van Helsing, so we said no more. Godalming and Morris hurried off in a cab, we following
24in another. At the corner of Arlington Street our contingent got out and strolled into the Green Park. My heart beat as
25I saw the house on which so much of our hope was centred, looming up grim and silent in its deserted condition amongst
26its more lively and spruce-looking neighbours. We sat down on a bench within good view, and began to smoke cigars so as
27to attract as little attention as possible. The minutes seemed to pass with leaden feet as we waited for the coming of
28the others. At length we saw a four-wheeler drive up. Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris;
29and down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools. Morris paid the cabman, who
30touched his hat and drove away. Together the two ascended the steps, and Lord Godalming pointed out what he wanted done.
31The workman took off his coat leisurely and hung it on one of the spikes of the rail, saying something to a policeman
32who just then sauntered along. The policeman nodded acquiescence, and the man kneeling down placed his bag beside him.
33After searching through it, he took out a selection of tools which he produced to lay beside him in orderly fashion.
34Then he stood up, looked into the keyhole, blew into it, and turning to his employers, made some remark. Lord Godalming
35smiled, and the man lifted a good-sized bunch of keys; selecting one of them, he began to probe the lock, as if feeling
36his way with it. After fumbling about for a bit he tried a second, and then a third. All at once the door opened under a
37slight push from him, and he and the two others entered the hall. We sat still; my own cigar burnt furiously, but Van
38Helsing's went cold altogether. We waited patiently as we saw the workman come out and bring in his bag. Then he held
39the door partly open, steadying it with his knees, whilst he fitted a key to the lock. This he finally handed to Lord
40Godalming, who took out his purse and gave him something. The man touched his hat, took his bag, put on his coat and
41departed; not a soul took the slightest notice of the whole transaction. When the man had fairly gone, we three crossed
42the street and knocked at the door. It was immediately opened by Quincey Morris, beside whom stood Lord Godalming
43lighting a cigar. "The place smells so vilely," said the latter as we came in. It did indeed smell vilely--like the old
44chapel at Carfax--and with our previous experience it was plain to us that the Count had been using the place pretty
45freely. We moved to explore the house, all keeping together in case of attack; for we knew we had a strong and wily
46enemy to deal with, and as yet we did not know whether the Count might not be in the house. In the dining-room, which
47lay at the back of the hall, we found eight boxes of earth. Eight boxes only out of the nine, which we sought! Our work
48was not over, and would never be until we should have found the missing box. First we opened the shutters of the window
49which looked out across a narrow stone-flagged yard at the blank face of a stable, pointed to look like the front of a
50miniature house. There were no windows in it, so we were not afraid of being over-looked. We did not lose any time in
51examining the chests. With the tools which we had brought with us we opened them, one by one, and treated them as we had
52treated those others in the old chapel. It was evident to us that the Count was not at present in the house, and we
53proceeded to search for any of his effects. After a cursory glance at the rest of the rooms, from basement to attic, we
54came to the conclusion that the dining-room contained any effects which might belong to the Count; and so we proceeded
55to minutely examine them. They lay in a sort of orderly disorder on the great dining-room table. There were title deeds
56of the Piccadilly house in a great bundle; deeds of the purchase of the houses at Mile End and Bermondsey; note-paper,
57envelopes, and pens and ink. All were covered up in thin wrapping paper to keep them from the dust. There were also a
58clothes brush, a brush and comb, and a jug and basin--the latter containing dirty water which was reddened as if with
59blood. Last of all was a little heap of keys of all sorts and sizes, probably those belonging to the other houses. When
60we had examined this last find, Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris taking accurate notes of the various addresses of the
61houses in the East and the South, took with them the keys in a great bunch, and set out to destroy the boxes in these
62places. The rest of us are, with what patience we can, waiting their return--or the coming of the Count.
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