Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
baffled
/ˈbæf.əld/completely confused and unable to understand a situation
relapse
/ˈriːlæps/the return of an illness after a period of improvement
transfusion
/trænsˈfjuː.ʒən/the medical process of putting new blood into a person's body
exhausted
/ɪɡˈzɔː.stɪd/extremely tired, with no physical or mental energy left
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When I arrived at Hillingham, no one answered my knocks or rings. I walked around the house looking for a way in, but every door and window was locked. Feeling baffled and terrified, I returned to the porch. Just then, Professor Van Helsing arrived in a carriage. He gasped, "Are we too late?" Without waiting, we went to the kitchen window, cut through the iron bars with a small saw, and climbed inside. In the dining room, we discovered four maids lying unconscious on the floor, drugged with laudanum. We rushed up to Lucy's bedroom and opened the door. It...
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