...also no. Wait. I’d been thinking, been about to write, that while I am furious with Van Helsing for not telling Lucy his Vampire Theory (SHE COULD HAVE CORROBORATED. SHE CAN’T SAY IT BUT HE COULD HAVE. AAAH) , I don’t see how it would have helped this
except of course it would , because if they knew-if Lucy knew, if Jack knew, if Arthur knew-- that they were up against an Entity (I don’t think even Van Helsing knows whether a vamp is more a person or a creature or a spirit at this point, and honestly not sure whether the book ever gives a real answer on that either) , they would have acted like it. They would have had security, they would have had watch rotas, they would at least have called Quincey Morris, who is not much of a doctor but is absolutely a fighter and could have done a HELL of a lot to relieve the exhaustion threat of needing someone to watch Lucy at nights-- it makes sense to not call him if you think you’re just looking for Medical Issues, but if they knew it was a Being?? get Stabby Gunsalot in here, pardner, let’s go! Arthur is LOADED, he could hire security, he could set Lucy up in a hotel! a nice room with NO WINDOWS. SOMEONE could have alerted Mina--
but no. Everyone EXCEPT Van Helsing believed they were fighting an illness, and they acted like it. Privacy, calm, quiet. As little disruption as possible.