It was a brave struggle, and was, I think and believe, not without its reward.

Van Helsing had placed at hand a bell which either of them was to sound in case of any emergency.

When they had retired, Quincey, Godalming, and I arranged that we should sit up, dividing the night between us, and watch over the safety of the poor stricken lady.

The first watch falls to Quincey, so the rest of us shall be off to bed as soon as we can.
Godalming has already turned in, for his is the second watch.

Now that my work is done I, too, shall go to bed.
JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL.
3-4 October, close to midnight .-- I thought yesterday would never end.
There was over me a yearning for sleep, in some sort of blind belief that to wake would be to find things changed, and that any change must now be for the better.