There was a pause, broken by Jonathan Harker’s voice:⁠—

“Now, God be thanked, we shall soon meet!” Van Helsing turned to him quickly and said:⁠—

“God will act in His own way and time. Do not fear, and do not rejoice as yet; for what we wish for at the moment may be our undoings.”

“I care for nothing now,” he answered hotly, “except to wipe out this brute from the face of creation. I would sell my soul to do it!”