We all watched in patience.
"We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot, for it is evident that the haemorrhage is increasing." The minutes during which we waited passed with fearful slowness.

I had a horrible sinking in my heart, and from Van Helsing's face I gathered that he felt some fear or apprehension as to what was to come.

I dreaded the words Renfield might speak.

I was positively afraid to think.

But the conviction of what was coming was on me, as I have read of men who have heard the death watch.