His past is a clue, and the one page of it that we know, and that from his own lips, tells that once before, when in what Mr.Morris would call a 'tight place,' he went back to his own country from the land he had tried to invade, and thence, without losing purpose, prepared himself for a new effort.

He came again better equipped for his work, and won.

So he came to London to invade a new land.

He was beaten, and when all hope of success was lost, and his existence in danger, he fled back over the sea to his home.

Just as formerly he had fled back over the Danube from Turkey Land." "Good, good! Oh, you so clever lady!" said Van Helsing, enthusiastically, as he stooped and kissed her hand.