But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan’s great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr Morris’s bowie knife plunged in the heart.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 27. Mina describes the killing of Dracula, when good finally triumphs in battle against evil. Quincey Morris stabs Dracula in the heart and Mina’s husband Jonathan cuts off his head. Dracula then crumbles to dust in his wooden box.