So now we can come and go without alarming her unduly, for a shock to her would mean sudden death, and this, in Lucy's weak condition, might be disastrous to her.

We are hedged in with difficulties, all of us, my poor fellow, but, please God, we shall come through them all right.

If any need I shall write, so that, if you do not hear from me, take it for granted that I am simply waiting for news, In haste, "Yours ever," John Seward.
DR.SEWARD'S DIARY.
7 September .-- The first thing Van Helsing said to me when we met at Liverpool Street was, "Have you said anything to our young friend, to lover of her ?" "No," I said.

"I waited till I had seen you, as I said in my telegram.

I wrote him a letter simply telling him that you were coming, as Miss Westenra was not so well, and that I should let him know if need be." "Right, my friend," he said.