Lucy’s health worries Seward and Holmwood. Shortly after arriving, Van Helsing gives her a transfusion of Holmwood’s blood. After noticing the puncture wounds on her neck, Van Helsing asks Seward to stay with Lucy all night as she sleeps. The night passes uneventfully and Lucy feels better in the morning.

The next night, Seward falls asleep. The following morning Lucy is worse. Her lips are white and her skin is pale. They perform another transfusion, this time with Seward’s blood. A package of garlic flowers arrives for Van Helsing. He places the flowers around Lucy’s neck and rubs them on the curtains and windowsills of her room.

Van Helsing and Seward return to Lucy’s home, where her mother says that she took down the garlic flowers during the night. When they are alone, Van Helsing is distraught. Lucy is nearly dead from blood loss. This time, Van Helsing provides the blood for the transfusion. Afterwards, Van Helsing tells Lucy’s mother that she can’t touch anything he puts in Lucy’s room. Four days pass, and Lucy improves.

An article from the Pall Mall Gazette tells the story of a wolf that escaped from a zoo.