Chapters 13–16: after Lucy’s death, Van Helsing investigates the truth, the “Bloofer Lady” stories point to a child-stalking vampire, and the men confront the horrifying fact that Lucy has become one of the Un-Dead.

In Chapters 13–16 of Dracula, grief gives way to investigation. Mina and Jonathan marry abroad, and Jonathan begins recovering from his traumatic experience in Castle Dracula. Back in England, Van Helsing studies Lucy’s death and begins leading Seward, Arthur, and Quincey toward an impossible conclusion: Lucy is not simply dead. Reports of the “Bloofer Lady,” a strange figure associated with injured children, suggest that Lucy has become a vampire.

Van Helsing takes the men to Lucy’s tomb and forces them to face the evidence. The group sees that Lucy’s body does not behave like an ordinary corpse, and the horror becomes pe ...