I think he recognized my thought in my eyes, for he said very quietly, manifestly for the ears of the attendant, "Ah, a sad accident! He will need very careful watching, and much attention.

I shall stay with you myself, but I shall first dress myself.

If you will remain I shall in a few minutes join you." The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury.
Van Helsing returned with extraordinary celerity, bearing with him a surgical case.

He had evidently been thinking and had his mind made up, for almost before he looked at the patient, he whispered to me, "Send the attendant away.

We must be alone with him when he becomes conscious, after the operation." I said, "I think that will do now, Simmons.