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.