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“ Good boy , ” said Dr . Van Helsing . “ Brave boy . Quincey is all man . God bless him for it . My child , believe me none of us shall lag behind or pause from any fear . I do but say what we may do — what we must do . But , indeed , indeed we cannot say what we shall do . There are so many things which may happen , and their ways and their ends are so various that until the moment we may not say . We shall all be armed , in all ways ; and when the time for the end has come , our effort shall not be lack . Now let us to - day put all our affairs in order . Let all things which touch on others dear to us , and who on us depend , be complete ; for none of us can tell what , or when , or how , the end may be . As for me , my own affairs are regulate ; and as I have nothing else to do , I shall go make arrangements for the travel . I shall have all tickets and so forth for our journey . ” There was nothing further to be said , and we parted . I shall now settle up all my affairs of earth , and be ready for whatever may come . . . . Later . — It is all done ; my will is made , and all complete . Mina if she survive is my sole heir . If it should not be so , then the others who have been so good to us shall have remainder . It is now drawing towards the sunset ; Mina’s uneasiness calls my attention to it . I am sure that there is something on her mind which the time of exact sunset will reveal . These occasions are becoming harrowing times for us all , for each sunrise and sunset opens up some new danger — some new pain , which , however , may in God’s will be means to a good end . I write all these things in the diary since my darling must not hear them now ; but if it may be that she can see them again , they shall be ready . She is calling to me . CHAPTER XXV DR . SEWARD’S DIARY 11 October , Evening . — Jonathan Harker has asked me to note this , as he says he is hardly equal to the task , and he wants an exact record kept . I think that none of us were surprised when we were asked to see Mrs . Harker a little before the time of sunset . We have of late come to understand that sunrise and sunset are to her times of peculiar freedom ; when her old self can be manifest without any controlling force subduing or restraining her , or inciting her to action . This mood or condition begins some half hour or more before actual sunrise or sunset , and lasts till either the sun is high , or whilst the clouds are still aglow with the rays streaming above the horizon . At first there is a sort of negative condition , as if some tie were loosened , and then the absolute freedom quickly follows ; when , however , the freedom ceases the change - back or relapse comes quickly , preceded only by a spell of warning silence .
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