Summary

Seward finds Renfield with a bloody face and a broken back, two injuries he could not have sustained simultaneously. Seward calls for Van Helsing, and they are joined by Arthur and Quincey. Van Helsing performs an operation that briefly restores Renfield to consciousness. Renfield tells the men that on the night he asked for his freedom, Dracula compelled Renfield to invite him to enter his room. He expected to be rewarded, but Dracula ignored Renfield. Renfield realizes when Mina visited him that Dracula has been sucking her blood. Renfield tries to fight Dracula, but Dracula hypnotizes Renfield and throws him to the floor.

The men rush to gather their weapons, knowing Dracula is after Mina. They crash into the Harkers’ room, where Jonathan is in a stupor and Mina is bleeding as she sucks blood from Dracula’s chest. The men use their...