“We shall see!” he answered, as he hurried out. He came back a moment later and put his head inside the door and said with warning finger held up:⁠—

“Remember, she is your charge. If you leave her, and harm befall, you shall not sleep easy hereafter!”

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 the 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.”