Dracula Page #3

...like any other night creature,

can move about by day...

... though it is not his natural time,

and his powers are weak.

See the amazing cinematograph!

A wonder of modern civilisation!

The latest sensation!

The greatest attraction

of the century!

The new wonder of the world!

See me.

See me now.

Escaped wolf from zoo

still at large!

Buy a paper, sir?

Thank you, sir.

Get your Gazette!

Penny a paper!

My humblest apologies.

forgive my ignorance.

l am recently arrived

from abroad. . .

. . .and l do not know your city.

-ls a beautiful lady--

-A street atlas is sixpence. Good day.

l have offended you.

l am only looking for

the cinematograph.

l understand it is a wonder

of the civilised world.

lf you seek culture,

then visit a museum.

London is filled with them.

Excuse me.

A woman so lovely and intelligent. . .

. . .should not be walking the streets

of London without her gentleman.

Do l know you, sir?

Are you acquainted

with my husband?

Shall l call the police?

husband?

l shall bother you no more.

Sir.

lt is l who have been rude.

-lf you're looking--

-Please.

Permit me to introduce myself.

l am Prince Vlad of Sagite.

-A prince, no less?

-l am. . .

. . .your servant.

Wilhelmina Murray.

l am. . .

. . .honoured. . .

. . .Madam Mina.

This way.

hello, sir.

Mr. holmwood asked me

to stop by to see Miss Lucy.

Yes, sir.

-Dr. Seward, Miss Lucy.

-Thank you.

Oh, Jack!

Brilliant Jack.

Do you like it?

Did Arthur put you up to this. . .

. . .or did you want me alone just once

before l'm married?

Lucy, you're embarrassing me.

l'm here as your doctor.

Your fiance

is very worried about you. . .

. . .and l assure you,

a doctor's confidence is sacred.

l must have your complete trust.

help me, Jack.

l don't know

what's happening to me.

l'm changing.

l can feel it.

l can hear everything.

l hear the servants at the other

end of the house, whispering.

l hear mice in the attic,

stomping like elephants.

But l'm having horrible

nightmares, Jack.

The eyes.

Oh, Jack.

l'm here, Lucy.

Nothing will harm you.

Let it work.

-Thank you.

-Lucy.

Oh, Jack, kiss me.

And may l say, Miss Lucy

is hotter than a June bride. . .

. . .riding bareback

buck naked in the Sahara.

l would watch my colonial tongue

if l were you.

hello, Jack.

And how's our lovely patient today?

Well, frankly, Arthur,

l'm confounded.

Jack, are you still

brooding over Miss Lucy?

l can only conclude

it must be something mental.

how very droll.

Did you hear that, Quince?

Last week he wanted to marry her, and

now he wants to have her committed.

Let's have a look at her.

l'm at a loss, l admit.

l've taken the liberty

of cabling Abraham Van helsing. . .

. . .the metaphysician, philosopher.

Sounds like a goddamn

witch doctor to me, Jack.

Van helsing knows more about obscure

diseases than any man in the world.

he's my teacher and mentor.

Do it, man.

Bring him here.

Spare no expense.

Astounding.

There are no limits to science.

how can you call this science?

Do you think Madam Curie

would invite such comparisons?

Really.

l shouldn't have come here.

l must go.

Do not fear me.

Stop this.

Stop this.

My God. Who are you?

l know you.

l have crossed oceans of time. . .

. . .to find you.

There is no need to panic.

The animal handlers have

everything under complete control.

Come here, Mina.

he likes you.

There is much to be learned

from beasts.

The tropical pampas vampire bat

must. . .

. . .consume ten times its own weight

in fresh blood each day. . .

. . .or its own blood cells will die.

Cute little vermin, ja?

Blood and the diseases

of the blood. . .

. . .such as syphilis,

they concern us here.

The very name

''venereal diseases'' . . .

. . .the diseases of Venus,

imputes to them divine origin.

And they are involved

in that sex problem about which. . .

. . .the ethics and ideals

of Christian civilisation are concerned.

ln fact, civilisation and syphilisation

have advanced together.

-What is this?

-lt's from the telegraph, Professor.

Telegraph?

Thank you. Gentlemen, thank you.

That will be all.

Dawn.

These may be the last words

I write in this journal.

Dracula has left me

with these women...

... these devils of the pit.

They drain my blood

to keep me weak...

...barely alive so I cannot escape.

I will try one last time today

to escape to the water.

There must be passageway

to the river...

...and then away

from this cursed land...

... where the devil and his children

still walk with earthly feet.

For the record, I do attest...

that at this point,

I, Abraham Van Helsing...

...became personally involved

in these strange events.

Professor Van helsing,

how good of you to come.

l always come to my friends in need

when they call me.

So, Jack, tell me everything

about your case.

She has all the usual

physical anaemic signs.

her blood analyses normal,

and yet it is not.

She manifests continued blood loss.

l cannot trace the cause.

Blood loss? how?

My God, close the doors!

My God. . .

. . .she's only a child.

Ja.

My God.

There's no time to lose.

There must be a transfusion at once.

Take off your coat.

Remember how to tie a tourniquet?

-Or have you forgotten?

-You perfected a procedure?

Perfected? No.

l've only experimented.

Landsteiner's method.

Animals, goats, sheeps.

lf haemolysis occurs

in the blood donor serum. . .

. . .her red blood cells will explode.

She will die.

Take this tube.

What in God's name

is going on up here?

This is Professor Van helsing, Art.

-What the hell is he doing to Lucy?

-he's trying to save her life.

-Good God!

-You're the fiance? Please.

Take off your coat.

This young lady's very ill. She's dying.

She wants blood

and blood she must have.

Take off your coat.

Roll up your sleeve, Art.

-Oh, God.

-Quickly, quickly.

Roll it up!

This may hurt a little, Art.

forgive me. My life is hers. l would

give my last drop of blood to save her.

Your last drop?

Thank you.

You are very welcome here.

l don't ask as much as that. Not yet.

hold her hand.

Jack, that poor creature has had the

blood of two men put into her already.

Man alive. her whole body

couldn't hold that much blood.

-What took it out?

-That's a good question, Mr. Morris.

Those marks on her throat. . .

. . .no disease, no trituration. . .

. . .l am sure the blood loss

occurred there.

Oh? Where did the blood go?

You were once

a careful student, Jack.

Use your brain!

Where did the blood go?

Tell me!

-The bed would be covered in blood.

-Exactly.

You do not let your eyes see

nor your ears hear. . .

. . .that which you cannot account for.

Something just went up there,

sucked it out of her and flew away?

Ja. Why not?

That's brilliant.

That's absolutely brilliant.

Will one of you learned doctors,

or whatever you are. . .

. . .kindly tell me

what is going on with my Lucy?

Jack, you are a scientist.

Do you not think there are things in

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