Dracula 6

"Last night I went to bed when the men had gone, simply because the told me to. I didn't feel sleepy, and I did feel full of devouring anxiety."..seems like a horrible tragedy, with date pressing on relentlessly to some destined end." pg 303

It's ironic that Mina went to bed when she was feeling a sense of anxiety. It's also interesting how the words anxiety, horrible, tragedgy, and destined end are all in the same two sentences. I feel like Mina is trying to convice herself that she is not feeling anxious by using the words horrible tragedy and destined end in different sentences.