It's Quincey who catches Lucy's mother about to hurl the garlic flowers out the window; there's a terrible row about it, but Quincey is too stubborn and too loyal to Mina for even the most well meaning matron to talk around, so Lucy does not die that night. Nor does she die any night after that since everyone because intensely preoccupied with protecting Lucy not just from prowling demons but also impatient maids desperate to obey orders to air out Lucy's rooms.

She grows well, but strange too--when Mina flat out tells her the truth, rather than let her suitors keep Lucy in the dark, she realizes she can see and hear Dracula as he makes plans.

They move fast and persistently, chasing him all the way back to his homeland before killing him.

For the rest of her very long life, Lucy kept a fresh bouquet of garlic flowers in her room--just in case.