I am very, very happy, and I don’t know what I have done to deserve it. I must only try in the future to show that I am not ungrateful to God for all His goodness to me in sending to me such a lover, such a husband, such a friend.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 5. In her letter to Mina, Lucy is very explicit in describing her affections for Arthur Holmwood. Holmwood is one of three suitors who proposes marriage to her on the same day – along with Quincey Morris and Dr. John Seward. She chooses Holmwood as her fiancé.