Blood of Dracula Page #4

TO ALL THE GIRLS

WHO ATTENDED:

THE INITIATION LAST NIGHT.

SERGEANT,

YOU CERTAINLY DON'T

SUSPECT ONE OF THEM.

ROUTINE.

YOU KNOW HOW:

TEENAGERS ARE.

SOMETIMES THEY GET

CARRIED AWAY,

LOSE THEIR HEADS.

WELL, I SUPPOSE

YOU MUST.

IF YOU DON'T MIND,

I'LL HAVE THEM

BROUGHT DOWN.

MISS BRANDING,

WOULD YOU PLEASE

GO TO DORMITORIES

"D" AND "E",

WAKE UP THE GIRLS,

AND TELL THEM:

TO COME DOWN:

TO MY OFFICE?

YES, MRS. THORNDYKE.

I THINK WE CAN:

SAVE A LITTLE TIME

IF YOU ANSWER:

A FEW QUESTIONS NOW.

OF COURSE.

WHAT DO YOU KEEP

IN THAT BASEMENT?

SCHOOL SUPPLIES:

AND TOOLS.

AND WHO GOES:

DOWN THERE?

MOSTLY WILLIAM:

THE JANITOR,

OCCASIONALLY A STUDENT.

OH, THE JANITOR'S

BEEN WITH US:

OVER 15 YEARS.

DO YOU KEEP:

THE BASEMENT LOCKED UP?

NO, IT'S USUALLY OPEN.

JUST THE SUPPLY ROOM

IS KEPT LOCKED.

WE'D LIKE TO

HAVE A TALK:

WITH:

THE JANITOR.

I'LL GET HIM RIGHT AWAY.

WAKE UP, EVERYBODY.

COME ON, WAKE UP, GIRLS.

WAKE UP.

THERE'S BEEN

A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

HURRY!

PUT ON YOUR ROBES.

MEET ME OUTSIDE OF

MRS. THORNDYKE'S OFFICE.

THE POLICE WANT:

TO QUESTION YOU.

POLICE?

WHAT KIND OF:

AN ACCIDENT?

WHEN THEY TALK TO YOU,

JUST TELL THEM:

THE TRUTH.

NOW, HURRY!

WE MUSTN'T

KEEP THEM WAITING.

NANCY, WAKE UP.

WAKE UP!

NANCY!

CAN YOU IMAGINE HER

SLEEPING THROUGH

ALL THIS?

YOU GO AHEAD.

I'LL GET NANCY UP.

WAKE UP, NANCY.

WAKE UP.

COME ON, NANCY,

WAKE UP.

YOU'VE HAD A LONG SLEEP.

I KNOW.

I FEEL--

I FEEL AS THOUGH

I'VE BEEN DRUGGED.

BUT IT DID YOU:

A WORLD OF GOOD.

HOW PRETTY YOU ARE

AFTER THE NIGHT.

LOOK.

I MUST HAVE DREAMED

SOMETHING WEIRD,

MISS BRANDING.

PERHAPS:

YOU CAN EXPLAIN.

I DREAMED I--

FORGET IT, NOW.

YOU CAN TELL ME:

ABOUT IT LATER:

WHEN WE'RE ALONE,

BUT FOR ANYONE ELSE,

FORGET IT.

THE NIGHT BELONGS TO YOU.

IT'S YOUR PRIVATE DOMAIN.

NO ONE SHALL INTRUDE.

AS FAR AS THE OUTSIDE

WORLD IS CONCERNED,

FORGET IT.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

I UNDERSTAND,

MISS BRANDING,

AND I'LL FORGET IT.

NANCY, I HAVE SOMETHING

TO TELL YOU.

THE JANITOR FOUND NOLA

EARLY THIS MORNING

IN THE SUPPLY ROOM.

SHE WAS DEAD.

REMEMBER NOW,

YOU HAD NOTHING:

TO DO WITH IT,

YOU UNDERSTAND?

I UNDERSTAND.

THE POLICE ARE HERE

AND WILL QUESTION ALL OF YOU

IN MRS. THORNDYKE'S OFFICE

ABOUT THE INITIATION.

WOULD YOU SIGN THIS,

LIEUTENANT?

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

I READ THE REPORT,

DOC.

I GET THE FRAME,

BUT THERE'S

NO CLEAR PICTURE.

WHAT DO YOU:

MAKE OF IT?

ONLY WHAT I SAW.

WELL, WHAT?

TWO TINY PUNCTURES ON

THE EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN,

RIGHT SIDE.

ANY BLOOD?

NO, THAT'S

THE STRANGE PART--

NO EVIDENCE OF BLEEDING.

WHAT IS EVEN STRANGER,

NOT MUCH BLOOD:

LEFT INSIDE.

WELL, NOW,

COME OFF IT, DOC.

I'VE NEVER KNOWN YOU

TO OVER-DRAMATIZE

I'M ONLY REPORTING

WHAT SHOWED:

AND THE SURFACE:

DIAGNOSIS.

FACE AND HANDS:

GHASTLY PALE,

AS IF THE BLOOD HAD

BEEN DRAINED COMPLETELY.

OH, I'M SURE THE P.M.

WILL VERIFY THAT.

I'D SAY SO.

THAT'S JUST HOW

THE BODY LOOKED,

LIEUTENANT.

SHAME, A BEAUTIFUL

YOUNG GIRL LIKE THAT.

MIND IF I:

SAY SOMETHING?

GO AHEAD.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

THIS TYPE OF MURDER

IS PART OF A PATTERN.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THIS PATTERN?

I BELIEVE SO.

AT MED SCHOOL, I SHARED A ROOM

WITH AN EXCHANGE STUDENT

FROM A SMALL TOWN

ON THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.

HE USED TO TELL:

US STORIES...

LEGENDS...

ABOUT VAMPIRES...

DRACULAS.

HE TOLD THEM AS THOUGH

HE BELIEVED THEM...

AS THOUGH HE'D SEEN

THE MONSTERS WITH HIS OWN EYES.

HE EXPLAINED IT AS

AN OLD WORLD SICKNESS

THAT DRIVES THE KILLER

ON AND ON.

HE DESCRIBED IT SO VIVIDLY,

THE PICTURES NEVER LEFT ME.

WHEN I SAW:

THAT YOUNG GIRL,

CHALK WHITE,

THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD

DRAINED FROM HER,

IT CAME BACK TO ME.

THE KILLER, THE SICKNESS,

THE VICTIMS...

JUST AS HE:

DESCRIBED IT TO ME...

AS THOUGH IT WERE TRUE.

A DRACULA.

OH, COME OFF IT, MIKE.

YOU MUST BE KIDDING.

DON'T LET ANYONE

HEAR YOU TALK LIKE THAT

OR YOU'LL END UP

IN A STRAIT-JACKET.

OK, MAKE FUN OF IT

IF YOU LIKE,

BUT I BELIEVE IT.

ONE CRACK LIKE THAT OUT

OF YOU TO THE REPORTERS,

AND WE'LL HAVE

MASS HYSTERIA.

WHILE I'M

IN CHARGE HERE,

WE'RE NOT REVIVING

THE AGE OF WITCHES

AND GRAVE ROBBERS.

I'M SORRY, MIKE.

BUT WE'VE ALL GOT TO WATCH

OURSELVES VERY CAREFULLY.

ONE WRONG WORD:

COULD HAVE THE EFFECT

OF DROPPING AN A-BOMB

ON SHERWOOD.

AS IT IS, THE TEENAGE

STUDENTS ARE PANICKED.

LOOK, I UNDERSTAND

YOUR POSITION, BUT--

NOW, MIKE,

A GOOD CORONER'S

NOT ONLY GOT TO BE

A GOOD PHYSICIAN

AND SURGEON,

HE'S GOT TO UNDERSTAND

THE LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE

AND PROOF IN COURT.

THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GO AROUND

SHOOTING OUR MOUTH OFF

MAKING LOOSE ASSERTIONS.

WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID

COULDN'T BE PROVED.

FOR THE PRESENT,

WE'LL CALL THIS

YOUTHFUL ZEAL ON YOUR PART,

BUT FROM HERE ON IN,

YOU JUST:

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

SHOCKING.

I AGREE,

MR. MAYTHER,

BUT I'M DOING

ALL I CAN:

TO KEEP THE GIRLS

CALM.

IN 36 YEARS,

IT'S THE FIRST BLACK MARK

AGAINST THE SHERWOOD SCHOOL.

AWFUL.

I THINK THE SCHOOL

SHOULD BE ALLOWED

THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL

RIGHTS AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

LET'S SAY THAT SHERWOOD

SCHOOL IS INNOCENT

UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

OF NEGLIGENCE.

I'M THINKING OF

THE REACTION OF THE BOARD.

FIRST THING THEY'LL DO

IS TO CUT DOWN:

ON THE STATE-GRANTED FUNDS

FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

THEY'RE BUSINESSMEN

BEFORE THEY'RE EDUCATORS.

THEY WON'T SUPPORT A HOTBED

OF SCANDAL AND TERROR.

THEY MAY EVEN CLOSE

SHERWOOD ALTOGETHER.

HOW WOULD THAT HELP?

HOW WOULD THAT SOLVE

ANYTHING?

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT AUTHORITIES ACT THAT WAY.

WHAT ABOUT:

THE GIRL'S PARENTS?

THEY'RE CIRCUS

PERFORMERS IN EUROPE

ON A TOUR.

A LAWYER IN CHICAGO

HANDLED HER TUITION

AND CHECKED:

HER SCHOOL REPORTS.

THEY'VE BEEN

NOTIFIED.

PERHAPS THE POLICE

WILL FIND THE MURDERER

BEFORE THEY GET HERE.

IN THE MEANTIME,

WE MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE

TO KEEP ALL:

THE OTHER PARENTS AT BAY.

YOU SPEAK OF PARENTS

AS IF THEY WERE ENEMIES.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY

TO THINK OF THEM.

WHY DO THEY SEND

THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS

TO A BOARDING SCHOOL

AWAY FROM HOME?

WOULD YOU?

YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW VICIOUS

THOSE PARENTS CAN GET.

WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR DAUGHTERS

IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL,

THEY ALSO LEAVE:

ALL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

FOR WHAT THEY PAY,

LITTLE OR MUCH,

THEY EXPECT YOU:

TO BE MOTHER, FATHER,

POLICEMAN, MINISTER,

TEACHER, GUARDIAN,

CONFIDANT, AND FRIEND.

MRS. THORNDYKE,

I KNOW YOUR RECORD,

I KNOW:

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS.

I KNOW HOW HARD:

YOU'VE WORKED

TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS

AT SHERWOOD.

BELIEVE ME, I HAVEN'T

CHANGED IN MY OPINION

OF YOU OR THIS SCHOOL.

IT'S JUST THE OUTSIDE WORLD

THAT CONCERNS ME.

LET'S KEEP A STRONG HAND

ON THE SITUATION

AND LET ME KNOW:

OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP THE BOARD

FORM TEARING YOU APART.

GIRLS, BEFORE WE TAKE UP

TODAY'S FIRST EXPERIMENT,

I'VE BEEN ASKED

BY MRS. THORNDYKE

TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU.

I KNOW WE'RE ALL

DREADFULLY UPSET

BY THE TRAGEDY:

THAT TOOK PLACE.

THE DEATH OF:

A TEENAGE GIRL:

IS A TERRIBLE THING

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

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