Chapter 11

Starts with Lucy saying how grateful she is for all the help she is receiving and that the garlic is already having the effect of making her not afraid to go to sleep. Then Van Helsing and Seward arrive at Lucy's home and begin talking to her mother before they wake her. However she informs them that she removed the garlic in the middle of night, believing that she was helping her daughter. Van Helsing remains calm in the presence of Mrs Westenra, knowing that she is in a very fragile state. He breaks down when she leaves though and then the two of them go to attend to Lucy, who requires yet another blood transfusion. Van Helsing is the blood donor this time to help restore Seward's strength a bit more. He then asks Mrs Westenra not to remove anything from Lucy's room without consulting him first. Lucy's diary entry then shows that the garlic has been helping her to sleep, despite the bat that's been continually flapping at her window! Then there is a newspaper article about a wolf that escaped from the zoo and it has an interview with one of the zookeepers. Towards the end of the interview though the wolf arrives at the zookeepers' house. He takes him in and feeds him, as if he was his own dog. The wolf was however wounded and had cuts on his head and broken glass in him. There is then an account of Dr Seward's where he is attacked by a patient whilst in his office at the asylum. He is cut badly on the wrist before fighting back and knocking his attacker over. He is then even more surprised to see the attacker lapping up his blood off of the floor and repeating "the blood is the life!". He is then telegrammed by Van Helsing to once again visit and spend the night looking over Lucy. The chapter ends with a memorandum by Lucy. In which the mystery of the wounded wolf is discovered as it smashes through her window. The shock of which gives her dear old mother a heart attack, killing her. The maids come rushing in and take Mrs Westenra away and make themselves drinks. When Lucy comes to find them, she finds them all asleep and realises that they have been drugged, leaving her all alone and fearing for her safety and survival. She hears another low howl from the wolf and then writes her last goodbye to Arthur fearing that she will never see him again.