I hadn’t the heart to write last night; that terrible record of Jonathan’s upset me so. Poor dear! How he must have suffered, whether it be true or only imagination. I wonder if there is any truth in it at all.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 14. Mina has just read her Jonathan’s account of his time as a prisoner in Castle Dracula. Her love and sympathy are strongly expressed for her husband here, even if she is a bit sceptical about his record, wondering if he imagined it all.