Dracula and Harker

LATER

The Library at Castle Dracula

Dracula affixes his seal to the deed of purchase

DRACULA: I do so long to go through the crowded streets of your

mighty London, to be in the midst of the ​ (a)   and the rush of

humanity, to share its life, its changes, its deaths.

Harker affixes his signature to the deed

HARKER: There. You, Count, are the owner of Carfax Abbey in

Purfleet. Congratulations.

DRACULA: Your firm writes most highly of your talents. They

say you are a man of good taste and that you are a ​ (b)  

substitute to your predecessor, Mr. Renfield.

HARKER: You may rely on me, Count. Forgive my curiosity but

why 10 houses in such precise ​ (c)   around London? Is it to

raise the market value?

Dracula picks up Harker's photograph of Mina

DRACULA: Do you believe in destiny, that even the powers of

​ (d)   can be ordered to a single purpose? The luckiest man who

walks on this earth is the one who finds true love.

HARKER: You found Mina. I thought she was lost. We're to be

married as soon as I return. Are you married, Count?

DRACULA: (no answer)

HARKER: Sir, are you married?

DRACULA: I was married once...ages ago it seems. She died.

HARKER: Oh, I'm very sorry.

DRACULA: She was fortunate. My life at its best is a ​ (e)   .

She will no doubt make a devoted wife and you a faithful

husband. Come, write now, my friend, to your firm and to any

loved ones and say that it should please you to stay with me

until a month from now.

HARKER: A month? Do you wish me to stay so long?

DRACULA: I will take no refusal.

• mystery
• whirl
• worthy
• locations
• time
• bustle
• Dracula
• curiosity
• places
• honourable

Reorder the following sentences ...

• She will no doubt make a devoted wife and you a faithful

  husband.

• Come, write now, my friend, to your firm and to any

  loved ones and say that it should please you to stay with me

  until a month from now.

• She was fortunate.

• My life at its best is a mystery.

Reorder the following sentences ...

• Your firm writes most highly of your talents.

• Forgive my curiosity but

  why 10 houses in such precise locations around London?

• You may rely on me, Count.

• Is it to

  raise the market value?

• They

  say you are a man of good taste and that you are a worthy

  substitute to your predecessor, Mr. Renfield.

She was ​ (a)   . My life at its best is a mystery.

She will no doubt make a ​ (b)   wife and you a faithful

​ (c)   . Come, write now, my friend, to your ​ (d)   and to any

loved ones and say that it should ​ (e)   you to stay with me

until a month from now.

• fortunate
• devoted
• please
• firm
• husband
• loving
• friend
• wife
• behove
• lucky

DRACULA: Do you believe in destiny, that even the powers of

time can be ordered to a single _______? The luckiest man who

walks on this earth is the one who finds true love.

DRACULA: I do so long to go through the crowded streets of your

________ London, to be in the midst of the whirl and the rush of

humanity, to share its life, its changes, its deaths.

HARKER: You may rely on me, Count. Forgive my ______ but

why 10 houses in such precise locations around London? Is it to

raise the market value?

HARKER: You found ____ . I thought she was lost. We're to be

married as soon as I return. Are you married, Count?

DRACULA: She was fortunate. My life at its best is a mystery.

She will no doubt make a devoted wife and you a ______

husband. Come, write now, my friend, to your firm and to any

loved ones and say that it should please you to stay with me

until a month from now.

HARKER: A month? Do you wish me to stay so long?

DRACULA: I will take no ______.