Dracula by Bram Stoker Chapter 16 Page 7

it was that he was doing. Arthur and Quincey drew near also, as they too were curious.

He answered, “I am closing the tomb so that the Un-Dead may not enter.”

“And is that stuff you have there going to do it?”

“It Is.”

“What is that which you are using?” This time the question was by Arthur. Van Helsing reverently lifted his hat as he answered.

“The Host. I brought it from Amsterdam. I have an Indulgence.”

It was an answer that appalled the most sceptical of us, and we felt individually that in the presence of such earnest purpose as the Professor's, a purpose which could thus use the to him