<P> After Dracula learns of the group's plot against him, he attacks Mina on three occasions, and feeds Mina his own blood to control her . This curses Mina with vampirism and changes her but does not completely turn her into a vampire . Van Helsing attempts to bless Mina through prayer and by placing a wafer of sacrament against her forehead, but it burns her upon contact leaving a wretched scar . Under this curse, Mina oscillates from consciousness to a semi-trance during which she perceives Dracula's surroundings and actions . Van Helsing is able to use hypnotism at the hour of dawn and put her into this trance to further track his movements . Mina, afraid of Dracula's link with her, urges the team not to tell her their plans out of fear that Dracula will be listening . After the protagonists discover and sterilize 49 boxes found throughout his lairs in London, they learn that Dracula has fled with the missing 50th box back to his castle in Transylvania . They pursue him under the guidance of Mina . They split up into teams once they reach Europe; Van Helsing and Mina team up to locate the castle of Dracula while the others attempt to ambush the boat Dracula is using to reach his home . Van Helsing raids the castle and destroys the vampire "sisters". Upon discovering Dracula being transported by Gypsies, the trio attack the caravan carrying Dracula in the 50th box of Earth . After dispatching many Gypsies who were sworn to protect the Count, Harker shears Dracula through the throat with a kukri knife, while the mortally wounded Quincey stabs the Count in the heart with a Bowie knife . Dracula crumbles to dust, and Mina is freed from her curse of vampirism, as the scar on her forehead disappears . Soon after, Quincey dies from his wounds . </P> <P> The book closes with a note left by Jonathan Harker seven years after the events of the novel, detailing his married life with Mina and the birth of their son, whom they name after all four members of the party, but address as "Quincey". Quincey is depicted sitting on the knee of Van Helsing as they recount their adventure . Seward and Arthur have each gotten married . </P> <P> The short story "Dracula's Guest" was posthumously published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death . It was, according to most contemporary critics, the deleted first (or second) chapter from the original manuscript and the one which gave the volume its name, but which the original publishers deemed unnecessary to the overall story . </P> <P> "Dracula's Guest" follows an unnamed Englishman traveller as he wanders around Munich before leaving for Transylvania . It is Walpurgis Night and the young Englishman foolishly leaves his hotel, in spite of the coachman's warnings, and wanders through a dense forest alone . Along the way, he feels that he is being watched by a tall and thin stranger (possibly Count Dracula). </P>

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