I have to call on you yourself this time, friend John." As he spoke, he was dipping into his bag, and producing the instruments of transfusion.

I had taken off my coat and rolled up my shirt sleeve.
There was no possibility of an opiate just at present, and no need of one; and so, without a moment's delay, we began the operation.
After a time, it did not seem a short time either, for the draining away of one's blood, no matter how willingly it be given, is a terrible feeling, Van Helsing held up a warning finger.

"Do not stir," he said.

"But I fear that with growing strength she may wake, and that would make danger, oh, so much danger.

But I shall precaution take.