Here we stay until all be well, or ill." Quincey held out his hand.

"Count me in," he said.

"You and the Dutchman will tell me what to do, and I'll do it." When she woke late in the afternoon, Lucy's first movement was to feel in her breast, and to my surprise, produced the paper which Van Helsing had given me to read.

The careful Professor had replaced it where it had come from, lest on waking she should be alarmed.

Her eyes then lit on Van Helsing and on me too, and gladdened.