I feel that these chapters begin to bring the extremely stereotypical gothic ideas to the book. the The whole things brings instantly recognizeable trademarks of the gothic genre such as the marks on Lucy's neck and the garlic to the book.
The events all point towards vampires because when Lucy is in the presence of garlic, she feels better. Also, the marks on Lucy's neck are obviously bite marks. Van Helsing seems to have worked this out due to his use of garlic to try and help Lucy's condition.
The reader is made to feel a lot of suspicion as well and their imaginations is allowed to run wild because the wound on Lucy's neck are so strange. I think that this is very effective.
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