chapter one

a telegram from count dracula

it was early autumn in the year 1895.

alfred sackville jones and lord ernest

de boy

were sitting in front of an open fire in

alfred's apartment

on the table lay a heap of bones

all that remained of the meal they had

just eaten

licking a finger alfred got to his feet

now after such a satisfying and filling

meal earnest my dear fellow i suggest

that we finish off with one of my very

special wines

alfred pulled the cork from a dusty

bottle and filled a glass with dark red

wine

his eyes lit up as he passed the glass

under his nose

perfect

absolutely perfect

maison darmignac 1880

i've been saving it for a special

occasion special occasion

what are we celebrating old boy

first of all my birthday which of course

you completely forgot

and secondly the end of another

successful adventure

alfred passed the glass to ernest who

raised it in the air with a smile

sorry for forgetting your birthday dear

boy i've got a hopeless memory i'm not

sure i even know my own birthday

what age am i anyway 28 or 29 you're 33

and a liar

you have a brilliant memory you know by

heart everything about every bat that

has ever existed ah now that's different

alfred who worked for a newspaper called

the globe

and lord ernest

had just returned from norway

where they had solved an unusual case

a count and his family had gone to live

in an old castle that the count's uncle

had left him in his will

however after a week

a strange figure without a head and

dressed like a viking

began appearing at midnight

the viking roared as loudly as he could

and scared everybody

naturally everybody in the castle was

very upset

which was why they asked alfred and lord

ernest for help

as he drank his wine ernest looked out

through the window into the streets of

london

but all he could see was smoke and fog

you know alfredo chap

i have to admit that this is jolly good

wine

you don't happen to have any more do you

by any chance

alfred poured more wine and ernest made

himself comfortable again

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you know i rather like this ghost

hunting business

ernest began to laugh as he lit his pipe

what a hopeless actor that viking was oh

quite terrible

i've seen better acting done by great

aunt agatha's church drama group he

sounded more mouse than a monster what a

devil imagine trying to frighten the

family out of the castle so that he

could claim it as his well we solved

that case which makes threes so far this

year

i think we're becoming quite famous

alfred went to his desk and picked up

the newspaper

and looked admiringly at the headline

britons find vikings missing head

suddenly he looked very serious

do you believe in ghosts ernest

i'd like to but i'm very much afraid

they don't exist

a pity really

well

i'm not so

sure just then the doorbell rang which

made both men jump a little

who on earth can it be at this time of

night

a minute or so later

alfred's servant entered holding a

telegram alfred tore it open

he disliked telegrams

his eyes moved quickly down the paper

a look of relief appeared on his face

you know i think we're in business again

my dear ernest

it's from

guess who oh come on don't keep me in

suspense

count dracula of transylvania

count dracula dracula the name rings a

bell

i believe you have got a bad memory

after all those pointed teeth

i'll never forget them as long as i live

enough to make your blood run cold

teeth yes of course a handsome pearl

right perfect for sucking blood eh and

those bloodshot eyes what a funny

looking man he was and what a frightful

accent he sounded like an old frog well

come on

alfred held the telegram under the lamp

and started

reading dracula village

10th november

1895.

we'll always remember my visit to

england and particularly meeting you and

your remarkable friends who know so much

about the bar

i have bad news

i am dying and badly in need of your

help

i wish to clear the dracula name before

i leave this world

please come quickly

yours

count vlad dracula

alfred noticed the excitement on lord

ernest's face

how about it then old chap

can you pack your bags by tomorrow and

be at the station by um let me see

alfred took the train timetable from the

shelf and looked up the departure times

from charing cross to dover

at 7 32 am or pm oh boy why am of course

thought sir you know how i hate getting

up early in the morning

i can always go without you

ernest jumped out of his chair

no you will not i would miss this for

the world

all right then

meet you at the station at 7 15 and

don't be late

alfred took his friend to the front door

and waited until a cab appeared out of

the thick fog

the next day

on the train to dover

alfred was reading an early morning

newspaper

the headline on page three caught his

eye

ernest

look at this

count death

ernest half opened his eyes and looked

sleepily at his friend

what's that

count dracula of transylvania died this

morning in his castle near vilcha

transylvania after a short illness

oh and look at this it says

a report from a reliable source

says that before his death the count had

asked two british experts to clear his

name

good heavens news travels fast

well now that he's dead i suppose

there's no point in going on

the newspaper nearly fell out of

alfred's hands

what are you saying

i'm certainly not going back

ernest think of what you'll be missing

you might even get the chance to see the

transylvanian vampire bat in person

ernest's eyes suddenly came alive

all right you've persuaded me so

wonderful wonderful

alfred lay back happily in his seat

and allowed the rhythm of the train to

send him to sleep

suddenly he woke up with a start

ernest

do you think we've got everything we

need you mean passports and so on

well no i was thinking more of um

protection

let me see

i've got my derringer

buffalo knife and some rope i should do

and of course i was twice boxing

champion at school well yes um

but i was wondering whether we should

have brought

a cross with us and um

maybe some garlic i had no idea you

religious old boy and as for garlic i

didn't know you had french tastes

[Laughter]

earnest burst into laughter which made

alfred feel rather silly

so he picked up his paper noisily and

pretended to read

ernest just fell back to sleep

dreaming he was in a coffin and meeting

the vampire bat

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chapter 2

a visit to count vlad

the journey across europe was long and

tiring

ernest slept most of the day waking at

night to study the night life through

the carriage window or read his favorite

writer edgar allan poe

while alfred read endless books about

famous people in transylvanian history

by the time they reached vienna he knew

all there was to know about every

dracula back to the 16th century

as the train made its way deeper into

dracula's country

alfred was just finishing the fifth and

last volume of a complete history of

transylvania

fascinating

it was partly thanks to him that the

turks didn't conquer the rest of europe

they say he was a fearless officer loved

by his men

who on earth are you talking about deaf

fellow i wish you wouldn't always expect

me to read your mind

the first dracula

prince vlad dracula a great job

he had one little weakness though

he enjoyed torturing his prisoners by

pushing sharp pieces of wood through

their stomach

or tearing their body apart charming

fella

it doesn't say anything about him

drinking their blood too does it

it seems that only the present count

enjoys or should i say enjoyed human

blood

hard to believe really seemed pretty

harmless to me it was those teeth of his

not exactly what one would like one's

dear old granny to have ernest for

goodness sake how can humans suck blood

just like vampire bats do dear boy

through holes in their teeth oh there's

no such thing as a vampire human

is that that's what we're here to find

out day boy isn't it

sometimes you can be quite absurd

now let me ask this kind of gentleman

when we are expected to arrive in

belcher an old one-eyed man looked out

of the window and pointed to the sky

he looked at him out of the corner of

his good eye and asked him

where are you going stranger

castle dracula

to help the count with a spot of trouble

it's a bit

hush you know

at the name dracula the old man turned

away from alfred in horror

funny chap

he doesn't seem to like foreigners

four hours later

just as the moon was appearing above the

top of the mountain

the train pulled into vilcha station

alfred and ernest

along with one other passenger

got off and walked to the entrance to

find dracula's servant who was supposed

to meet them there

i hope he got our message

i don't fancy staying here the night

hardly had alfred spoken

then a crooked old man appeared from the

shadows

his name was gregory and he wore a black

overcoat black gloves and a black top

hat

he spoke so quietly that alfred had to

bend over to hear him

allah

foreign and lord ernest i suppose

oh just call me alfred i think it would

be easier

it was very good

alfred and ernest followed the old man

to where a black carriage and two black

horses were waiting outside

as soon as they had got in the driver

set off on the last part of their

journey to dracula castle

alfred was woken up by the sound of

horses hooves on wood

the carriage had stopped on the bridge

over the water surrounding dracula

castle

then they passed under the thick stone

walls

by the dim light of the carriage

ernest caught a glimpse of the enormous

old door

did you see that alfred

that

you've got bats on the brain dear boy no

really carved on the door i'm sure it

was a vampire bat

when they entered the main building of

the castle

the two servants were standing in deadly

silence ready to receive them

they too were in black

and their unsmiling faces looked like

carved stone

rodolfo the count's butler was a giant

of a man

and had a large head with deep hollow

eyes

mania the cook was about half his size

and even older than gregory with a

shrunken head covered in thin white hair

[Music]

as mania took them up to their room

the sound of their feet echoed through

the empty castle

she said nothing

just grunted and puffed as she slowly

climbed the spiral stone steps

[Music]

finally alone

alfred threw himself on the big four

poster bed and felt the soft velvet

covers

i don't know about you old boy but i've

been looking forward to this moment for

weeks

ernest was wide awake and examining the

room with his candle

the silence is quite scary isn't it

this place must be full of ghosts

you can't scare me oh boy

i'm so tired i'd even share my bed with

a ghost

just as he said that he heard a tap

which made him sit up with a start

old gregory half opened the door

and held out a letter

mr

shagville

a letter from my master

that's funny

i thought the count was dead i expect he

wrote it before he died

just as gregory had left

ernest let out a cry from the other end

of the bedroom

you know i think you've been given the

count's bedroom

ernest shone his candle on the portrait

of the count on the wall

the teeth were not visible

only the dark bloodshot eyes

alfred looked at the pillow where the

count's head once lay

do you mean to say that the count

died

here

most likely old sport you wouldn't like

to change beds would you

alfred broke open the wax seal

and began to read

dear alfred

i feel my life leaving me

we may not meet in this world

whatever happens come and see me when

you arrive

i will be waiting with a warm heart

i have committed a crime but not the

crime of which i am accused

the time has come for my shame and not

of others to be shown to the world

don't leave a stone unturned and

remember you can lead a horse to water

but you cannot make him drink

beware of the vampire bat

and the lover

i cannot go on

my mind and soul are preparing to leave

for a better world

i leave the name of dracula in your

hearts

i trust that as an englishman and a

gentleman you will tell the truth and

nothing but the truth

your honorable servant

count dracula

alfred looked up at the count's portrait

and for a moment

he thought he saw the mouth move

that portrait is almost alive

i'd swear i saw his face move just now

funny you should say that oh boy

the canvas seems a bit wet

ernest rub the canvas with a finger

looks awfully like blood blood

can't be

probably just paint

this damp climate unlikely

ernest smelled the substance on his

finger

but said nothing

now what do you think the count meant

when he said

come and visit me when you arrive

after all he knew he was dying he

probably meant visit him in his grave

you mean dig up his coffin it won't be

too difficult they only buried him a few

days ago

do you realize what you're saying

absolutely dear boy it might be more fun

than sleeping in those coffins they call

beds

oh all right when shall we do it then

i know you're dying to get down to work

but i'm quite tired

how about tomorrow night we can talk to

the servants and find out more about the

count good idea

alfred yawned and started unbuttoning

his shirt

by the way

did you mean it when you said you'd like

to have the counts bed yes dear boy but

i'd hate to spoil your fun no no really

ernest old chap i insist are you

absolutely sure quite dear boy quite

chapter 3

the man in the black cape

ernest lent over alfred

who was snoring peacefully

alfred screamed and sent the covers

flying

then he saw ernest

oh

it's you

ernest who was fully dressed handed him

his dressing gown

who did you expect it to be dear boy

count dracula

alfred looked over at the portrait on

the wall

which in the daylight seemed even more

alive than ever

the manic eyes staring at him

ernest gave him his razor and a shaving

brush

hurry up oh chap it's way past breakfast

time

and we've got work to do

now i've done little exploring i got

rodolfo to show me where the count is

buried i'm afraid his english is a

little basic but he's got the general

idea

oh you've cut yourself dear fellow blood

is running down your neck

as he took a handkerchief from earnest

alfred noticed the count's eyes

did they really light up at the sound of

the word blood

the family graveyard is outside the

castle up a narrow path by the river

beautiful spot wouldn't mind being

buried there myself

they went down to the dining room

and sat at an enormous wooden table

loaded with eggs steak

cheese liver and fish

along with bread butter honey jam and

coffee

during the meal

mania and rodolfo hovered over them like

enormous baths with trays of food

towards the end

old gregory staggered in

carrying logs for the fire

alfred saw his opportunity

gregory my dear fellow can we have a

word

gregory grunted and came up to the table

can you tell us a little bit about the

old chap

the count i mean

by the way it's awfully dark in here

don't you ever open the shutters

a look of horror appeared on the old

man's wrinkled face

no sir alfred

not since the mistress died

oh

so he was married was he

when did the good woman die

45 years ago saliford

45 years ago did i understand correctly

my romanian is a little rusty

good heavens

any children

gregory looked down at the floor

and then whispered a

reply i see

no children

and the count never married again

he must have been madly in love

yes

quite mad

she was

a very beautiful woman

gentle eyes

and long shining red hair

a tragedy

the count was heartbroken

are you sure you won't sit down oh boy

you look a little unsteady

gregory appeared not to hear

when she died

the count swore never to see the light

of day again

after that

he only went out at night

on warrior his white horse

when there was a good moon

and a clear sky of course

fascinating

now how did these nasty rumors start

about that vampire nonsense

suddenly gregory became very excited

he mastered his

was a good man

i'm sure he was oh boy

but all these dead people with funny

teeth marks on their necks

who or what made them

gregory waved his thin old arms in the

air

you're the master not the master

oh calm down old chap you'll do yourself

an injury i believe you gregory got down

on his knees and took alfred's hand

which alfred found rather embarrassing

sir oliver shackmillgones

i would die for the master

quite sure you would oh boy

fine

now we're going to need some spades

any chance you could find us a couple

spades

yes you see

lord ernest wants to go looking for

truffles

well no

uh actually we have to see the count

he told us to in his letter

gregory drew away from alfred

it's the only way really

all right

sir halford

but all four must not know

gregory looked round in the direction of

the servants rooms

of course we won't say a thing

oh and by the way

could you open the castle gates at about

um midnight tonight

yes

anything for the master

that night

alfred and ernest met as planned near

the castle gates

as promised

gregory turned the wheel to let them out

a strong wind had got up which roared

through the valley

they followed the path with difficulty

as the moon kept hiding behind large

black rain clouds

every so often

they heard the screech of an owl or some

other knight creature

as they entered the graveyard

the rusty old iron gate squealed

the place was sheltered from the wind by

massive cypress trees

and was as silent as all the draculas

that lay buried there

ernest pointed to a white marble

gravestone

that's the one

as they approached the count's grave

he looked up into the sky at the pale

light from the moon

which threw a white veil over the

crooked gravestones

it's a full moon

they say it was on such nights that the

count went looking for human blood

well here we are got your spade alfred

don't look so down old boy the exercise

will do you good

the soil on the grave was loose

and it was not long before they had dug

a large hole

ernest was the first to touch wood

oh i believe we're about to meet the

count again

is it just the moonlight are you looking

rather pale dear boy

i know it's well past your bedtime but i

wish you would be a little bit more

enthusiastic about it all

are you sure we ought to do this ernest

i

i know that i wouldn't like to be

disturbed just as i had started my

eternal rest

no forgetting dear boy he's not at rest

help me take off the lid

at that moment they heard a screech

above their heads

ernest let out a cry the vampire bat

can't recognize that sound anywhere

ernest lit a candle and held it over the

count's head

now it was alfred's turn to cry out

oh my god

his eyes are still open

just like the portrait

stop staring and let's search him

i'm afraid we're going to have to turn

him over

just grab his left arm

that's funny i'd swear he was warm

they searched the coffin but all they

found was the count silver cane

well look at that

the end of the cane is in the shape of

this modus rotundus i beg your pardon

who's he the vampire bat

look at those pointed ears and the teeth

just hold the candle a little closer

ernest this is not the time nor the

place

beautiful piece of work

nothing here though

pity they rolled the count onto his back

again

ernest stopped dead

look

his eyes are closed

and i think

yes i'm certain

i believe he's smiling

i can see his teeth

and what's that

blood

blood oops sorry i must have cut myself

on a nail opening the coffin

oh this whole business is beginning to

disturb me

they put the coffin back covering it

with soil and made their way back to the

castle

just as they arrived

alfred remembered something

oh dash it

i completely forgot to tell old gregory

to let us in again

at that moment

they heard the grinding of the castle

gate

when it was wide enough

a white horse charged out ridden by a

man in a black cape and hood

they watched in amazement as the figure

disappeared into the night

ernest grabbed alfred's arm

once asked me whether i believed in

ghosts oh chap

well i have to say that i think i've

changed my mind subject

a ghost

what an article this is going to be

the only trouble is the globe won't

believe a word of it

they ran through the castle yard and up

to their bedroom

as he was taking off his cloak

alfred noticed the count's portrait

look ernest

the cow's face

it seems so much more peaceful than

before

almost happy

who's imagining things now

looks like an ordinary portrait to me

but that's exactly what i mean

[Music]

chapter 4

dracula's village

the next morning it was mania who served

the two men breakfast

rodolfo was nowhere to be seen

concerned

alfred asked mania where he was

but she was not one to waste energy on

words

are not all for sick

oh dear poor fellow

it's the climate awfully damp

almost as bad as england

well give him our regards will you by

the time he had finished mania had

already shuffled out of the room a jolly

nice chap rodolfo takes life a bit too

seriously but alfred don't dead people

usually look sort of gray and well

lifeless don't ask me you're the expert

on death oh boy i like to avoid it

myself makes me feel rather insecure the

count had red cheeks as if you were

alive

i'm very strange

he looked as dead as a doornail to me

probably put rouge on him undertakers

like to have their customers looking

their best on the big day

yes maybe

by the way i had a funny dream last

night we were at the dracula cemetery

digging up the count that was no dream

oh boy it really happened no wait it

stopped for a rest and you were sitting

on a gravestone eating a sandwich eating

a sandwich i'd never eat a sandwich

sitting on a gravestone i know you

wouldn't it was only a dream anyway

suddenly the coffin lid began to open

very slowly and out came long white

fingers with pointed nails followed by

the head of the couch his eyes shining

in the moonlight when he was half out he

looked up at us and his mouth opened in

a broad smile and i could see his teeth

dripping with blood

suddenly he spoke in his funny romanian

accent welcome my friends i am happy but

before he had time to finish the

sentence there was a horrendous screech

and downflew a vampire bat which landed

on his shoulder it was the screech that

woke me up very unfortunate i don't have

many dreams and i really wanted to see

how this one would end

i'm rather glad you didn't

you said scream

about what time

i couldn't go back to sleep so i lit a

candle to read a bit of edgar and i

happened to look at my watch

it was precisely 234 why

well at about that time i heard a scream

too

a long blood-chilling scream that seemed

to rise from the very heart of the

castle it sounded hollow as if it was

coming from the bottom of a well

quite disturbing yes it was rather it

hasn't affected your appetite though

quite the opposite i haven't had an

appetite like this for years

i do recommend this fishy stuff very

tasty with brown bread and butter

alfredo chap this whole business is

awfully good fun isn't it screams in the

night ghosts on white horses what next i

must say you have an odd idea of fun as

for ghosts on horses i'm not convinced

though the resemblance was quite

astonishing i must say well i suggest we

go into the village and try to get some

information from the locals just as soon

as you've had your fill of that fishy

looking stuff

you should try it oh boy absolutely

delicious

ah here's gregory

i say gregory would you be a good chap

and run us into the village today lord

ernest and i feel like seeing a bit of

the local color

of course sir aliphor

i suppose you've noticed ernest that

i've joined the aristocracy

sir alfred

sounds rather good actually sir alfred

hmm

the village was miles from anywhere

cut off from the rest of the world by

tall snow topped mountains

it was pouring with rain and the main

street was deserted

apart from the occasional wet bundle

running from one doorway to another

they decided to go straight for the inn

ernest pushed open the door

and entered a dimly lit room full of

heavy wooden tables where some of the

locals were drinking and talking

an oil lamp hung from the wooden ceiling

when gregory and the englishman entered

silence fell like a heavy cloud

alfred raised his hand and smiled at the

silent watchers good day to you all

rightful weather isn't it

jolly fine in

my compliments to the landlord ah my

dear sir at the barman i suppose a large

man with a red face and white apron was

standing by a barrel

yes

i'd like to buy these fine fellows a

drink and if you have a moment i'd be

grateful if you could give us some

information i'm a journalist and my

friend here is a historian and we are

writing a history of the dracula thing

at the sound of dracula

heads turn towards the foreigners

you'd better ask some of them

the barman indicated the drinkers at the

table

now

who'd like to have a little chat about

the dracula family

no one answered

after a minute or so a young man with

fiery red hair rose unsteadily to his

feet

you mean the vampire family i'll tell

you about them come over here and sit

down

ernest and alfred pulled up two stools

and sat opposite the red-haired man who

seemed a bit drunk

jolly nice of you old chap

the cow likes human blood

especially the blood of young women just

like his wives who died mysteriously

years ago

what do you mean

mysteriously

she was found dead with tooth marks on

her neck

it is believed that they were done by

her husband

she killed her then just as he killed my

sister last night

what did you say

last night

yes

and she's still up there with the marks

on her neck for all the world to see

can't dracula may be dead but he can

still kill

my sister my beautiful sister

she's dead and i'm certain that he

killed her

[Music]

the man began to sob into his drink

steady honor

sorry to hear about your sister

but these are quite strong accusations

have you any proof

just then

an old man with a country face spoke up

from the next table

that man doesn't know what he's saying

he's from another village

the count was no vampire he was a good

man

he loved the people of the village

i'll never forget the winter of 82.

it started to snow in september and

didn't stop until april

the people were starving

what did the count do

he opened up his doors to the people and

kept all of us alive

he nearly starved to death himself

the count is no vampire

very interesting

so how do you explain the deaths and the

teeth marks

the man stopped for a moment and thought

the vampire bat

furnace suddenly showed interest he had

learnt the word for vampire bat in

romanian what's that about a vampire bat

alfred told him what the old man had

said i think we should go and see this

young girl

i say out fella you said your sister was

killed by the cat you wouldn't care to

prove it would you the drunken young man

got to his feet

and dragged them to the staircase they

stumbled up

the man talking to himself all the time

we had to bring her here she was there

here

coughing blood

this was the nearest village with a

doctor dr magorski

they reached the bedroom door

inside they could see the body of a

young girl laid out on a bed with a

sheet covering the lower part of her

body

a woman of about 40 was crying beside

the bed

on the other side of the bed an old man

in a black suit was gathering up some

surgical instruments

the drunken man fell into the room

look

look at the work of the vampire account

alfred and ernest saw a beautiful pale

face on her neck were two red dots about

an inch apart

the old man turned angrily at the

intruders who are you get out of here at

once they're friends of mine doctor they

didn't believe that well now you know

what a devil the count was and still is

you can leave well thank you doctor i

hope we shall have the pleasure again

alfred wished to get out as quickly as

possible

ernest on the other hand was quietly

looking around the room

alfred couldn't keep his eyes off the

bloodless girl i say ernest old chap i

i i think i need a drink

[Music]

at the table in the inn below

ernest was thinking

i didn't like the doctor at all nasty

piece of work

definitely not a gentleman did you

notice that scratch on his hand i don't

know what you're saying oh boy

as soon as we've had this drink i

suggest we get back to the castle

chapter 5

the search

back in dracula castle

alfred and ernest were sitting in front

of a blazing fire

after yet another wonderful meal

this time of roast goose and apple pie

with cream on top

alfred raised his glass of wine in the

air

i would like to drink a toast to the

and his superb hospitality and his

excellent taste in wines

the old fellow certainly knew how to eat

and drink well

as for mania she's an absolute treasure

you know ernest

i'm a little bit worried

the evidence does not seem to be in the

old chap's favor does it

a figure looking like the count rides

out into the moonlit night

and two hours later a girl dies with two

teeth marks on her neck

it can hardly be a coincidence now can

it the question is whether we believe in

ghosts or not

as you know i'd love them to exist but

my logic tells me that they don't

therefore that person on the white horse

could not have been the count

so who was it well it certainly wasn't

manuel or gregory

and the only other person in the castle

is good thinking old boy perhaps that's

why he didn't serve us at breakfast

yesterday he was catching up on his

sleep

but why

i can't help feeling that the answer

must be in the count's letter

ah i've got it here

let's see

don't leave a stone

unturned

stone

we have to look under stones

you can lead a horse to water

suddenly a scream just like the one they

had heard the previous night was heard

faintly echoing through the castle

alfred shivered

did you hear it

i certainly did old boy and i think it

came from outside

they ran out into the castle yard but

there was nothing to be seen except the

well

they stood wondering where the sound

could have come from

alfred pointed to the well

do you see that enormous stone covering

the well

how on earth do they get the water out

interesting question old boy and what's

that thick piece of wood for

ernest come here quick

alfred was holding his ear to the stone

what is it

i can hear something like an animal in

pain crying or

no

it's more of a moan

can you hear it

sorry can't hear a thing i think your

mind's playing tricks on you old boy

it's probably the rumbling of your

stomach after that delicious goose

let's get back inside it's freezing out

here

[Music]

gregory was standing inside the door of

the dining room with a worried look on

his face

sir oliver

what is the matter

oh probably my imagination

i thought i heard someone scream

that was

he has bad dreams

abegopaten

i mean rodolfo

don juan is his nickname

he was loved by many women but he loved

the master more

i see

by the way gregory i've been meaning to

ask you

tell me about dr mcgorski

lord ernest and i didn't take to him

very much

he was the count's doctor

but he is an evil man

he uses old medicine

the medicine of the witches

herbs

leaves

nothing wrong with herbs

my aunt agatha swears by them

frogs

snakes

bats and mice and other living creatures

well yes i think aunt agatha would draw

the line there

he bleeds all his patience

he says losing blood is good for you

but he does not care about health

he is a greedy man

who loves only money

thank you very much gregory old fellow

bleeds his patience

good night sir oliver

i am an old man

and must sleep

of course oh boy sweet dreams

alfred told ernest what gregory said

ernest was intrigued

it becomes more interesting by the

minute

i suggest we go for a walk before

breakfast when our minds are clear and

try and sort this out hey mister boy

what has got into you

i thought you liked sleep

i wish you'd have pity on me i'm

exhausted my dear fellow were on a case

we can't waste time sleeping

the next morning

alfred and ernest got up early and went

out into the yard for a walk

through the thick mist

they saw rodolfo near the well

carrying a tray of food

alfred was surprised

that's funny what's rodolfo doing

i didn't ask for breakfast in bed

rodolfo had laid the tray on the well

top

and was holding an enormous piece of

wood

alfred called out rodolfo turned with a

look of shock on his face

bright and early i see rodolfo

or should i say don juan

i wanted to ask you about this well tom

how do you get the water out

the well is not used

the count put a stone over it many years

ago

i see

but what is that piece of wood for

rodolfo seemed angry

this well is not used the wood is rotten

looks fine to me

but i won't argue with you old fellow

now i must leave

of course oh

don't forget your tray

hmm those eggs and that bacon look good

perhaps we should have breakfast now

ernest

rodolfo took the tray and went quickly

towards the kitchen come on alfred stop

thinking of your stomach and let's go

for that walk i suggest we visit the

count

the count yes i feel he may give us

inspiration

[Music]

dracula cemetery was as quiet as an

empty house

even the birds seemed to have stopped

singing

because of the thick mist

they could hardly see more than a few

feet in front of them

suddenly alfred couldn't see ernest

anywhere

ernest

where on earth have you gone

there was no answer

just the echo of his voice

he called again

and this time got an answer

i'm over here dear boy at the camp's

grave and i found something rather

interesting

just keep talking will you

in that way i might be able to find you

finally alfred found earnest leaning

over the count's grave

don't you think it's rather strange

there is no sign of our footsteps

it's as if the soil was taken out and

put back again

don't forget it rained last night what i

can't understand is why the count told

us in his letter to visit him when he

had nothing to tell us

hold on

i've just had an idea

you don't think that cane of his is

hollow do you

and that inside is a vital message

my word you're a genius dear boy of

course it must be

oh dear

does that mean we have to do more grave

digging great so chap but you're getting

quite good at it

by the way have you been eating garlic

garlic

well yes um

i

thought it better to be safe than sorry

i got dear man yeah to let me have a few

cloves for emergencies the smell is

enough to keep away the devil himself

as for the vampire bat he wouldn't dare

fly within a mile of us

come on

let's go and have breakfast

they made their way back by the river to

the castle gate which gregory had left

open for them

alfred was still trying to work out the

connection between stones water and

horses

you know ernest

i feel that the solution to our mystery

lies very close to that well

there's a big stone there with water

under it

and opposite the stable where the

count's horse is kept

i'm sure the answer lies under that

stone

ernest touched alfred's arm and held a

finger to his mouth

look

the dolpho just got out of the well and

he's pushing the stone back by himself

good heavens he must be as strong as an

ox

through the mist they saw rodolfo

carrying a tray from the well to the

kitchen

alfred slapped the side of his head in

annoyance

dash it

i should have thought of it before

don joan was a great lover wasn't he

what did the count say in his letter

beware of the lover

do you think rodolfo could be the lover

we'd better keep a very close eye on him

and find out what's hidden down that

well

why was he carrying a tray

all this detective work has given me

quite an appetite what about you alfred

oh yes and i think we deserve it i feel

we're getting very close to an important

discovery

chapter 6

the missing link

that night alfred and ernest were too

tired to go grave digging

they decided however that they would

keep a careful eye on rodolfo

they felt that he and fact all three

servants were hiding something which

might provide the key to the whole

dracula mystery

so next morning they got up early before

the mist had risen

and slipped out into the castle yard to

wait for rodolfo to appear with his tray

of food

as they believed he almost certainly

would

about 10 feet from the well

gregory had parked the carriage with the

dracula coat of arms and the head of the

vampire bat

painted in gold on the side

[Music]

they decided that this would be a good

place to hide

ernest looked at his watch

do you think he's not coming we've been

here for nearly an hour

perhaps he heard us come out and realize

that we're after him

well let's give him another 15 minutes

they waited another 15 minutes

and were about to give up

when they heard the kitchen door slam

shut

i think it's him

sure enough

rodolfo appeared carrying the same tray

as on the previous day

but instead of stopping at the well

he walked straight to the carriage

ernest and alfred began to feel uneasy

however

when he reached the driver's seat

he stopped and laid the tray on it

then he returned to the well

and using the thick piece of wood as a

lever

pushed back the stone

[Music]

he came back for the tray

and to their surprise

climbed into the well and disappeared

alfred whistled to himself

i think this is our opportunity

let's follow him

alfred reached the well first

he could hear the sound of rodolfo's

boots on the stone steps as he went

deeper into the well

at some point they seemed to just fade

away

alfred looked in

but all he could see was a black hole

i say i don't fancy getting in there

looks like the way down to hell

ernest struck a match and held it over

the hole

they could make out spiral steps built

on the side of the well

there was nothing to hold on to

and the steps looked wet and slippery

so if either of them fell

he would almost certainly go hurtling

down to a sure death

ernest got into the mouth of the well

be careful the steps all wet and slimy

step by step they climbed down into the

darkness

feeling their way as best they could by

leaning against the well wall

alfred saw ernest fall

for a moment he thought he had seen the

last of his friend and he expected to

hear the fatal splash

instead

he heard ernest's voice coming from the

well

then he realized what had happened

there was a large hole in the wall

and ernest had fallen into it

and was now lying on the floor of what

by the looks of it was a passageway

which led somewhere underground

are you all right old chap well just

about

i thought i was on my way to meet the

count for a moment where the devil are

we

your guess is as good as mine

the home of the vampire bat i should

think

hold on tick

i can just make out a dim light at the

end there

ernest got to his feet

and felt his way along the passage to a

door which was slightly open

inside they could hear rodolfo's voice

and the grunts of some kind of animal

ernest pushed the door slightly

there's only one way to find out

let's go

he opened the door just enough to see

what was happening

rodolfo had his back to them and was

facing someone sitting on a chair

he appeared to have a spoon in one hand

feeding a baby

the room was warm and comfortable

with expensive persian carpets on the

floor

rodolfo got up to put more wood on the

fire

revealing the ugliest creature they had

ever seen

one side of its face was twisted and

shapeless

and its arms and whole body were all

bent and moving out of control

uneaten food and meaningless sounds were

coming out of its mouth

alfred could not help exclaiming

what is that

rodolfo was speaking to the creature as

if it understood what he was saying but

could not reply

alfred pulled ernest's arm

i think we ought to go

rodolfo must have sensed someone was

there because he let out a wild cry and

started to run towards them

you devils

father said i should trust you because

you are english gentlemen

but everybody hates the dracula name and

you are no different

you want a story for your newspaper

you don't care about the great family

dracula

well

i'm going to kill you

rodolfo reached the two men and was

about to lift alfred into the air and

earnest through his bolas which was made

of thick string with three metal balls

tied to the ends

the bolas

right around rodolfo's legs alfred was

thrown into the air and rodolfo fell

forward onto the floor

ernest threw the end of a piece of rope

to alfred

here grab the end of this and tie him up

before he recovers

bravo earnest old fellow

where on earth did you learn that little

trick

didn't i tell you i spent three months

with the rebels in argentina fighting

the dictator i brought that little

fellow back with me

between the two of them they managed to

tie up the struggling rodolfo

ernest was afraid he was going to break

the rope but it soon became clear that

it was too strong for him

when they had finally got him under

control

alfred started to speak

now rodolfo fellow

i'm frightfully sorry to have to do this

but you simply must understand

we're here to help you

no

you're just like the rest

look old fellow why do you think the

count asked us over here

now i think you'd better tell us the

whole thing

the creature in the corner let out an

animal cry

suppose it was he who was making the

screams in the night

who is he

i suppose it is a he

rodolfo said nothing

just boiled with anger then he spoke

well

you know now

and i cannot kill you

so i might as well tell you the whole

story

that is the count's son

the count's son

yes

he is 45 years old

he should have died but

hold on a tick

45

but the countess died 45 years ago

you mean that she died giving birth to

that

that gentleman over there

yes

is the heir to the dracula state

he should now be count dracula

radu

that means handsome doesn't it

rather ironical

naturally the count did not want the

world to know about radhu

it would be a great shame for the family

but he felt great guilt for keeping him

here in this

this hole

but radhu doesn't know any better

well it looks as if you let the cat out

of the bag rodolfo

but don't worry your secret will be safe

with us

i won't even mention it in my article i

promise

now

one thing puzzles us

who is this dr magorski

dr magorski is an evil man

but the count was a naive man and

trusted him

i think he killed her

killed the countess

by bleeding her

this is what he does to make people

better

i see

fascinating

oh and one last little question oh boy

now that we've got you in this some

difficult position so to speak

that was you we saw on the count's horse

the other night wearing his cloak and

hood

rodolfo was silent

then hesitatingly he replied

no are you sure you weren't um sleep

writing old fellow

because if it wasn't you i don't think

who it was

unless it was the count himself

now you must trust us

we can work together and sort this whole

nasty business out

our job is to clear the dracula name and

that's exactly what we will do

all right i will help you

oh what a jolly good fellow did you

understand that ernest rodolfo is going

to help

i think we can untie him now

are you sure we can trust him he could

throw both of us into the well with one

arm

well perhaps uh you'd better keep your

little um thingy handy just in case

they first unwound the bolas

and then the ropes from around his arms

he made no attempt to attack them

alfred's side with relief

well i don't know about you two but i'm

starving

how about breakfast

when ernest and alfred were having

breakfast

alfred was still unsure of the situation

there are still a lot of questions

unanswered aren't there all boy i mean

who was that chappie on the horse

now we don't believe in ghosts

or

do we

i'm not sure we can trust rudolph her

he may have been lying or at least not

telling us the whole truth might you

still throw us down the well or

something oh no no no rodolfo's a fine

fellow

i think we need to investigate the

doctor

all this bleeding nasty business

well in that case i suggest that after

breakfast we get old gregory to pop us

into the village so that we can get to

the bottom of this magorski fella

ah rodolfo

a superb breakfast as usual

i hope you didn't just accidentally drop

a few spoonfuls of cyanide into the

coffee

rodolfo did not reply

or smile

funny about foreigners they can't take a

joke

chapter 7

dr benjamin mcgorski

[Music]

they decided to go straight to the

doctor's house and face him

for some reason rodolfo insisted on

driving them there

after a two-hour journey

they arrived at an iron gate

leading into a large estate

surrounded by a tall glass-topped wall

a well-kept drive led up to the doctor's

house

on looking out of the window of the

carriage

ernest was surprised to see a large

house with at least 20 rooms

take a look at that old boy

he's not doing too badly for a country

doctor a house like that must be worth a

fortune

the door was opened by a servant

after a long wait

the doctor who was still an extremely

handsome man with long silver hair

brushed back on both sides of his head

came into the room

surprisingly he spoke excellent english

i believe we've met before gentlemen

under less happy circumstances

your english i believe

yes doctor we're doing a spot of

investigating for the late count

they tell me you've been asking

questions that have been upsetting some

of the villagers

not at all doctor

people have been very happy to tell us

all they know

it seems that these rumors about the

count having a taste for human blood are

totally unfounded

i don't know who you've been talking to

gentlemen but i can assure you that the

count was

and i believe still is

a vampire

you forget gentlemen i was his doctor

you say still is

do you mean to say that you don't

believe that the count is dead

or do you believe in ghosts

i believe he died yes

but i also believe in his power to come

back from the dead

in fact i believe that vampires are

humans who have died and come back to

earth

very interesting doctor

but you say the count was also a vampire

in real life yes

the count had very rare powers

i once examined his teeth at some length

at that moment

a shout was heard from the hall

and all seven feet of rodolfo came

through the door into the sitting room

that man is a liar

he is the vampire not the count

tell them how you the doctor looked at

rodolfo with an ironic smile on his face

you can't prove it

the count never recognized you as his

son

maybe not publicly but i am going to

prove how you blackmailed the count so

you would keep his secret

you were the only person who knew about

radu

rubbish

nonsense

i can't get all the villagers to say how

you forced large sums of money out of

them and threatened to kill them if they

did not pay

the doctor began to laugh hysterically

[Music]

this man is mad absolutely mad he needs

to be locked up

and if he doesn't shut up soon i shall

call my men and have him taken away

[Music]

during this confrontation

ernest and alfred just sat and watched

not knowing who was telling the truth

suddenly rodolfo came towards the doctor

and took him by the shirt collar

he probably would have broken his neck

if alfred had not stopped him

gentlemen there's no need to fight like

animals we're all civilized here

civilized

this doctor is an animal

he has killed thousands by bleeding them

to death

lies prove it you monster

suddenly rodolfo calm down

yes dr lover

i will prove it

you can prove nothing yes i can

before the count died he left me his

diary in which he wrote everything

when you killed the countess with your

so-called medicines and you're bleeding

not one day went by that the count did

not write down everything

how you blackmailed him

how you got rich by threatening the poor

and sick

how you use the vampire bat to do your

dirty work for you

how everybody hates you and fears you

no one would believe it

they all think the count was the vampire

it's his word against mine

you know very well

that if it's a question of your word

against his the people will believe his

the people loved the count

and never really believed the rumors

suddenly a fearful screeching was heard

from the next room

everybody except the doctor froze it's

nothing gentlemen it's my falcon

he wishes to go hunting

as soon as ernest heard the screech he

showed great excitement

alfredo chap this is the moment i've

been waiting for ernest walked excitedly

to the door

and was about to open it

when the doctor shouted at him don't

open that door unless you want to die

lord ernest

i have specially trained them to go

straight for the neck

doctor you don't think i would come all

the way from england and not see the

vampire bat in the light of day after

all i am a specialist

i warned you no sooner had ernest open

the door

than a loud flapping of wings and the

screeching of a starving bat was heard

and an ugly creature with pointed wings

and a squashed nose with black hair

sticking out of it flew wildly at

earnest

alfred screamed and ran to fight off the

vicious creature

but by the time he had reached his

friend the bat had already got its teeth

in his neck

to alfred's surprise

ernest just stood there while the

creature got its fill from his neck

alfred did not know what to do

soon the bat drew out its teeth from

ernest's neck and sat on his shoulder

like a parrot or a tame bird

do you know alfred boy i think this is

the most exciting moment of my life how

many people back in england can say that

they came in such close contact with it

as modus rotundus

but won't it kill you dear boy good

heavens no

of course if i were one of the doctor's

patients and it fed off me three times a

day i wouldn't last long

the doctor stood in admiration

listening to the man talking about his

bat so casually

a beautiful creature doctor but also a

deadly one if you let it be

you have them well trained doctor

you don't mind if i see the rest of the

family

at that ernest went into the doctor's

laboratory and looked up at the ceiling

sure enough

hanging upside down on a wooden bar were

four more vampire bats

alfred by now had wrapped a scarf around

his neck and was holding it tightly with

both hands

how many people have you killed doctor

to keep your little family alive

yes they are my family

i love them more than any human being

because they love me with all their

heart

they are faithful not like women who

love you today and leave you tomorrow

all those people they were going to die

anyway i couldn't save them nobody could

how could you be so sure doctor

i think we should let the police decide

on that don't you think alfred

absolutely oh chap i suggest we go right

now

at that they turned and left the doctor

who was shouting nonsense after that

can't do anything to me they're just

peasants they're all afraid of me

i have all the power

as they reached the carriage

ernest turned to the doctor

well goodbye doctor it was a pleasure

we shall meet again soon oh and one more

thing you won't need to feed one member

of your family tonight

[Music]

when they were in the carriage

alfred felt a little better and let his

hands go from his neck

but he seemed very concerned by the two

pink spots on ernest's neck

are you all right oh chap horrifying

experience on the contrary dear boy it

was like a gentle kiss

try it sometime

i think i'll give it a missile fellow

i'll stick to the female kind

now what i'm worried about is what the

doctor will do to get his hands on the

couch diary

he'll stop at nothing

i'll check my derringer just in case i

think we'll be needing it

[Music]

chapter eight

the lover

by the time they left the doctors

it had begun to snow

and by the look of the dark clouds there

was going to be a storm

so they decided not to go to the police

that night

anyway

alfred wished to examine the counts

diaries first to make sure that rodolfo

had got his facts correct

alfred had two things on his mind that

he had not had a chance to talk to

earnest about

he leaned towards earnest so that he

could be heard above the noise of the

carriage and the rising storm

did you notice earnest that rodolfo

called magorski dr lover i'm afraid i

missed that old boy why do you think

that the doctor is the lover the count

mentioned in his letter

suddenly the sound of horses approaching

the carriage was heard and then a shot

rang out

ernest quickly stuck his head out of the

window

through the falling snow

he could see three riders

i think we're being attacked by the

doctor's men i hope you're a good shot

old boy because it's the only gun we've

got

rodolfo was now going faster and the

carriage was rolling dangerously from

side to side

another shot rang out and they heard a

cry from the dolphin

at that ernest started climbing out of

the window much to alfred's concern

be careful oh boy they're out to kill

i'm afraid you're going to have to join

me dear fellow you don't stand the

chance of hitting any of them in here

so

both men climbed out onto the carriage

roof

rodolfo had been shot in the arm but was

still able to drive the horses

after nearly being thrown off the

carriage three times

alfred finally managed to get onto the

carriage roof

he lay down on his stomach and aimed

his first shot knocked one of the riders

off his horse

ernest looked around in surprise

i say well done you never told me you

were such an ace

the other two riders followed for a

short distance

and then dropped behind

alfred relaxed but was not happy

this doctor will stop at nothing to keep

the world from finding out the truth

i think we've got a rather unpleasant

few days ahead of us

jolly good show i was beginning to think

things were getting rather boring

they reached dracula castle without any

further adventures

rodolfo was bleeding badly

but ernest who knew quite a lot about

first aid cleaned and dressed the wound

while this was going on

alfred thought it was a good opportunity

to get some straight answers from

rodolfo

rodolfo did i hear you say that the

count was your father

and if so why are you pretending to be

his servant

i should have told you everything from

the beginning

but i have learned to trust nobody

i am the son of mania

the count married her secretly

he brought a priest from far away so

that no one would know

but the count never treated me like a

son

more like a servant

that made me bitter and i hated the

count for that

but i loved him as my

father i see i see

now what about magorski

why did you call him dr lover

it is a name he hates

when he was young

he loved the beautiful woman from vilcha

and they were going to get married

but she left him for another man

a rich man from the town

and after that people made fun of him by

calling him the lover

it was that which made the doctor hate

women

particularly young and beautiful women

i am sure now

that the lover killed the countess

doesn't the count mention it in his

diaries no

you see the count was such a kind man

that he could not believe that others

could be evil

he did not know how jealous the doctor

was of him

he did not even hate the doctor for

blackmailing him

the count was the kindest man

but you say he treated you badly

yes

you see

my mother is not an aristocrat she is

nobody and so i too am nobody

but i have the dracula blood in my veins

that is hard to accept

now this is all jolly interesting

rodolfo but who was that fellow on the

horse the other night pretending to be

the count

rodolfo looked at the ground

and his pale bony face went red

i lied to you

it was me

i have a confession to make

i helped the doctor spread these rumors

about the count

i would ride the count's horse through

the village

whenever the doctor told me to

so that everybody would think it was the

count

[Music]

what i did was terrible

but i wanted to hurt the count for the

way he treated me

and it appears that you did

well there's no point in crying over

spilt milk

the important thing is to keep those

diaries safe for the police

and try and prove that you are the count

son

does he mention it anywhere in his

diaries

no i have read them all

i can't believe that if the count was

such a kind man he would not recognize

you as his son

we've got to search the castle high and

low

ernest

do you have any ideas where the count

could have hidden a letter or a will or

something ernest who was warming himself

in front of the fire

looked thoughtful

well it was your idea really old boy you

thought the counts came might be hollow

yes of course i'd completely forgotten

deliberately perhaps

you don't share my interesting coffins

do you old chap

so it looks as if we've got work to do

tonight

in this weather

sometimes alfred you surprise me you

call yourself a reporter and yet you

like putting things off yes tonight not

that i think we'll see the vampire bat

i'm afraid it's too cold

well at least that's one good thing

after supper they again set out with

spades

this time rodolfo came with them

though he had a great fear of ghosts

the snow was falling in large flakes and

the wind was bitterly cold

by the time they reached the cemetery

everything was so white that they could

see their way without lamps

it took them about half an hour to dig

down to the count's coffin

at the sound of his spade on the coffin

rodolfo jumped out of the grave i am

sorry sir alfred but the rest you must

do alone

i agree with you old fellow

i can't stand this part

to tell you the truth i i just keep my

eyes closed

i leave it all to earnest he enjoys it

the snow was falling so fast that

already a white layer covered the top of

the coffin

ernest was removing the lid i wonder if

we'll see the end of my dream

have the white fingers started to appear

then

ernest laughed and pulled off the lid

ernest could not believe his eyes

the cow's face seemed younger and more

alive than ever

and the eyes had opened again

for a moment he thought the count was

going to speak

alfred can you help me turn the count i

can't find the cane do i have to

they both lifted the count over

and underneath found the cane

that's funny i thought i left the cane

on top of him

ah well let's see if all this was a

waste of time or not

ernest began to unscrew the handle

when he had finished he turned it over

and tapped the end

sure enough a piece of thick paper fell

out the end bingo

what does it say on the top alfred

i can only just see but

yes

last will and testament

i think

wonderful

let's put the count back to rest

hopefully for the last time

when they had got him laid on his back

ernest noticed something very strange

good heavens

his eyes have closed and his face

what about it it actually looks dead

this time but it's as if he's smiling

if i believed in ghosts i'd swear that

he knew everything that has gone on in

the last few days

but you don't

do you earnest

chapter 9

the will

back at the castle rodolfo immediately

went to tell his old mother the news

and they all gathered around the fire

while alfred read the will

translating it for earnest as he went

in this my last will and testament i

wish to undo a wrong i committed many

years ago

i married a good and kind woman below my

position

my excuse being that like all men

i needed human warmth and comfort

my greatest crime was being ashamed of

it and never recognizing the fruit of

that marriage my son

rudolfo in this will i ask his

forgiveness and leave everything to him

declaring that he has the right to call

himself count dracula

as for my first born the unfortunate

radha

i know that rodolfo will take care of

him as long as he lives

i have taken this will to my great with

the knowledge that if it is ever found

it will be because the dracula name has

been cleared of all the lies spread by

that evil doctor love magorski

i wish to thank alfred zackville jones

and lord ernest de boy for helping my

son rodolfo to get what is rightfully

his

i can now rest in peace

[Music]

alfred looked up from the handwritten

letter with the dracula seal and the

count's elaborate signature at the

bottom

well rudolph old fellow

we shall have to call you count from now

on

rodolfo was so overjoyed that he got up

and lifted his ancient mother into the

air and kissed her a hundred times on

her wrinkled old face so that she

actually smiled

gregory too was jumping up and down

doing some sort of strange romanian

dance

having put his mother down rodolfo then

came and gave alfred and ernest kisses

on both cheeks may i suggest to count

that we open one of the late counts

excellent bottles of german wine

i think this calls for a celebration

[Music]

so the five of them celebrated to the

early hours

they even got ernest to join in singing

some traditional romanian songs

of course alfred knew that many dangers

lay ahead but he did not wish to spoil

the fun

next morning as usual

alfred first said good morning to the

portrait of the count

whose cheeks were all rosy red as if he

too had drunk a little too much the

night before

then he looked out of the window over

the castle walls

across to the river

and down dracula valley

the storm was over

but the snow was at least two feet deep

ernest was still fast asleep

now that he had no coffins to visit or

vampire bats to see

the exciting part was over for him

alfred shook him

wake up oh boy

alfred really

why'd you always have to interrupt my

dream at the most exciting moment

i can see i'll never get to the end come

on we've got a long day ahead of us

first we've got to bring these documents

to the authorities and i'm sure that the

doctor's men are already on the road and

will probably do anything to stop us

the snow was too deep for the carriage

so rodolfo road warrior

while alfred and ernest took a carriage

horse each

as they were not sure that they would be

returning to the castle

they took a bag full of their belongings

and said goodbye to mania and gregory

who both had tears in their eyes

alfred paid one last visit to their room

and said goodbye to the portrait on the

wall

he was almost certain he saw the cow's

lips move

as they rode out of dracula's castle the

silence was immense

all that could be heard was the muffled

sounds of the river near the cemetery

where the waterfall was

[Music]

about a mile out

alfred turned to rodolfo

if the doctor's men try to attack us

where is the most likely spot

either where the valley narrows

or where we have to cross the river

about a mile out of wheelchair

they said little

just kept their eyes on the hills and

trees around them where a man with a gun

might be hiding

the doctor's men were not waiting at the

narrow path

which surprised rodolfo and he wondered

whether the doctor was going to attack

them after all

alfred however was sure that he would

and so when they were halfway across the

river

he stopped

gentlemen get your guns ready

no sooner had he spoken then a gun

appeared from behind a tree and a shot

rang out

the bullet whistled past ernest's ear

good heavens that was close

they jumped off their horses and ran for

shelter

they could now see that there were three

attackers

earnest who had more experience fighting

than the others took charge

the dolphin is it possible to cross the

river at any other point about half a

mile farther up but there is no road

if you let me have a warrior i'll manage

it all right you keep them busy while i

approach from behind

so ernest got up on the beautiful white

horse which was almost invisible in the

snow

and rode off up river

about half an hour later a shot rang out

and they saw a body fall from behind one

of the trees

alfred saw his chance

rodolfo let's get to the other side

ernest won't give them any time to think

about us

two minutes later they were on the other

side

by this time ernest had hit another and

the third had laid down his gun and was

holding up a white handkerchief

ernest appeared from behind a tree

followed by warrior

well that wasn't too difficult

then out of the corner of his eye

alfred saw a movement

it was the wounded man who was pointing

his gun at rodolfo

rodolfo get down

but it was too late

rodolfo fell to the ground

his blood spilling onto the white snow

ernest pointed his gun and shot the man

ernest examined rodolfo and found that

he was still breathing

but the bullet had entered his chest and

he was bleeding badly we've got to get

him to velcro quickly

alfred throw the men's guns into the

river and get that man to put the dead

men onto a horse then let's get going

they reached wheelchair about 20 minutes

later

ernest held rodolfo in his arms and rode

into vilchon warrior

at the first inn they got rodolfo onto a

bed

and ernest set to work trying to save

his life

two hours later

ernest had managed to get the bullet out

and the wound rest

alfred looked on in admiration i had no

idea you were such an expert dear boy

did i never tell you i studied medicine

for two years before turning to

archaeology

you know i think i would have made quite

a good doctor

i suppose it's all that blood you like

dear fellow

what are rodolfo's chances of pulling

through

oh he'll live

but it may take a few days before he can

get back onto his feet

suddenly they heard rodolfo's voice

sir alfred get the mayor and the police

chief to come

i want witnesses

straight away old fellow

seeing ernest's bare and bloody arms

rodolfo realized that it was he who had

saved his life

lord ernest

i now owe you a life

how can i repay you one day count i'd

like to spend some time at the castle

just going through the archives would

that be all right

anything lord earnest

anything

half an hour later

the mayor and the police chief arrived

and the documents were formally handed

over

it was now up to the authorities to deal

with dr magorski

alfred was thinking

it looks as if our job is over ernest

old fellow

i'd really love to see those vampire

bats again

can't i go with the police to arrest the

doctor

first of all we don't know where the

doctor is

he's probably hiding by now

and his main aim now will be to kill us

not rodolfo before we get back to

england and publish everything quite so

old boy

rodolfo is in good hands so i suggest we

get out of here as quickly as possible

we have a long journey ahead of us

i'm going to miss this place alfredo

fellow it suits me

i can't all together agree with you all

boy

but i do believe rodolfo will make a

very good count

i always thought he was a very solid

chap

chapter 10

the end

[Music]

alfred and ernest said goodbye to

rodolfo who could not thank them enough

and caught the 330 from viltr to cryova

where they planned to pick up the train

to vienna

they of course had no news of the doctor

and wondered whether he would use his

money and power to send a team to try to

kill them

strangely enough it was earnest who was

most concerned

you know alfredo's fellow we're not home

and dry yet it was we who uncovered his

evil deeds and he's not the type who

forgives easily

do you really think he'll send some of

his killers after us

why would he bother it's a question of

pride and honor and these foreign

fellows think such things are terribly

important

alfred had great difficulty thinking of

danger

he was already imagining himself back in

his room in london

what's the first thing you'll do when

you get back earnest what a question let

me see

yes i think i'll open a bottle of your

finest wine dear boy what do you do

i'll go for a walk through the fog of

london and stand on tower bridge and

watch the boats go underneath

ernest laughed

really alfred you're such a

sentimentalist

they arrived and cry over at about six

and had to wait an hour for their

connection

they were waiting on the crowded

platform

when alfred saw a man he thought he

recognized

ernest do you see that man over by the

entrance

the one with the beard and the scar

above his left eye

does he ring a bell don't think so fella

probably my imagination

however alfred kept an eye on him

and noticed that he too got on the train

to vienna

there was something suspicious about him

he was dressed like a man of wealth

but looked like a boxer

[Music]

it was about 4 45 in the morning

and they were about halfway to vienna

when the first attempt on their lives

was made

ernest was fast asleep

and snoring so loudly that he was

keeping alfred awake

the door of their cabin opened

allowing a strip of light to enter

alfred opened his eyes for a second

and saw the man with the beard

he was holding a piece of rope in his

hands and was obviously intending to

strangle them both

alfred wished he had put the derringer

under his pillow

and also that ernest was not fast asleep

he decided to wait

and grab the man by the legs as soon as

he got close enough to the bunk bed

alfred was about to jump

when he heard the man grunt and fall to

the floor of the compartment

ernest switched on the light and looked

at the man lying on the floor

apparently dead

it looks as if i saved your life alfred

old fellow it's a good thing i don't

sleep as deeply as you do

but i don't don't what sleep soundly

you were the one snoring i was wide

awake snoring

was i really

ernest looked at the body

i'm afraid i broke his neck

well what can a chap do if another trap

tries to strangle him in the middle of

the night

i suppose we'll have to explain this

message to the guard

for the next two days nothing unusual

happened

it wasn't until they were outside paris

that the next attempt on their lives was

made

they had got to know another passenger

a german by the name of wolf heinz

he said he was an ornithologist

and was on his way to england to study a

bird species there

ernest however was quite suspicious

because that particular species of bird

wouldn't arrive in england for another

two months

it all happened when they were having

tea and cakes in the dining car

her heinz had arrived first and had

already ordered

alfred was delighted to see the cherry

cakes and tea waiting

i say woolfield chap jolly nice of you

they sat down

and wolf offered them a cake each

earnest noticed that they smelt strongly

of almond and suspected that wolf had

put cyanide in some of them

rather than cause a fuss

he pretended to knock the cake out of

alfred's hand

frightfully sorry old fellow how clumsy

of me

good heavens look out there

that bird very unusual what is it

wolf looked out of the window and tried

hard to see the bird

during which time ernest changed his

cake for the one on wolff's plate

then he winked at alfred so that he

understood what was happening

oh dear it must have flown away

when he turned round

alfred and ernest were pretending to be

finishing off their cakes which ernest

had put into his pocket

what lovely cakes

wolf joined in

and ate his

on arrival in paris

they saw an empty coffin arrive

and leave with a body in it

ernest looked at alfred and smiled

poor wolf

and they did look like awfully nice

cakes

[Music]

when they got off the train at sharon

cross they really felt their adventure

had ended

but they did not see the young man get

into the cab behind them

and follow them all the way

suddenly a shot rang out

alfred pushed ernest to the ground

a man was standing on the pavement

pointing a gun at them

ernest was quite annoyed

dare me

but i was so looking forward to a nice

cup of english tea the man in the street

looked mad

his eyes moving wildly in his head

you ruined my father

you will pay for this

but by the time he had finished his last

sentence

ernest had got out his derringer and had

shot them straight through the heart

they ran to the body now lying in a pool

of blood

in his pocket

alfred found a passport with the name

nikolai magorski

really these foreign fellows are hot

blooded aren't they

ernest was more concerned about the body

now how are we going to explain this to

the police

for the next three months

alfred and ernest went everywhere

looking over their shoulder

but it appeared that nikolai was the

last assassin

come on hold out your glass ernesto chap

alfred raised his glass in the air

and ernest filled it with champagne

[Music]

well here's to a successful end to the

dracula fairer

the globe has been awfully good

of course they didn't believe a word of

it

but they said that even as a work of

fiction it was worth publishing oh well

done old fellow

yes we're going to call it the real

count dracula in 10 episodes

i have to admit that i'm going to make a

fortune well i must tell you a fellow

that you're not the only one who's had

some success i'm going to have an

article published in the british bat

society magazine on the vampire bat and

i've been booked to give talks on the

subject all summer oh how superb

let's drink to the late and present

counts dracula

i wonder what happened to the doctor

probably took one of his deadly potions

he had nothing to live for

just then there was a knock at the door

and alfred's servant entered with a

letter

[Music]

alfred opened it quickly

ah it's from rodolfo

let's see what he has to say

dear alfred and ernest

i have some good and some bad news

the bad news is that my brother radhu

died and was buried next to his father

in the dracula cemetery

the good news is that the doctor is dead

he was found with all the blood sucked

out of him with his horrible butts

standing on his

body he died as he deserved to

in the way that he killed his victims

the other good news is that i am getting

married

and would like you to come to my wedding

i am marrying the daughter of a count in

krajova

i know it may not be possible for you to

come

but it would make me very happy

as i owe you my life and much more

your true and devoted friend

count rodolfo dracula

well it is nice to know that everything

turned out all right for him in the end

what about this wedding thing then

let's decide tomorrow

have some more champagne

some minutes later there was another

knock on the door

and alfred's servant entered with

another letter

alfred opened it

and looked at the name

frankenstein

have you heard the name frankenstein

before

yes i believe i have

wasn't here that chap who created a

monster dear alfred sackville jones

something terrible has happened

there have been reports that a family of

monsters looking like the monster my

grandfather created have been seen high

up in a mountain in switzerland

i do not know whether it is a lie or not

could you please come and investigate

i have heard about your success with

count dracula

and i want you to do the same for the

frankenstein name

please reply as soon as possible yours

albert frankenstein

well it sounds pretty exciting to me

when shall we leave ernest ernest old

boy i still haven't recovered from the

dracula affair oh what a spoilsport you

are

well i won't say no

i'll decide tomorrow

come on let's enjoy this champagne and

go for a walk to the tower bridge

i do love england at this time of year

don't you

[Music]

you

{{}}

第一章

德古拉伯爵的电报，

那是 1895 年的初秋。

阿尔弗雷德·萨克维尔·琼斯和欧内斯特·德博伊勋爵

正坐在阿尔弗雷德公寓的明火前，

桌子上放着一堆

骨头，他们剩下的饭菜

刚刚吃完

舔手指 alfred 在

吃完如此令人满意和充实的一餐之后就站了起来，

我亲爱的朋友，我

建议我们用我的一款非常

特别的

葡萄酒结束 红酒

当他从鼻子底下递过玻璃杯时，他的眼睛亮了起来

完美

绝对完美

maison darmignac 1880

我一直把它留到一个特殊的

场合 特殊的场合

我们要庆祝什么，

首先是我的生日，

你当然完全忘记

了 其次，又一次成功的冒险结束了，

阿尔弗雷德把酒杯递给了欧内斯特，欧内斯特

微笑着举起酒杯，

抱歉忘记了你的生日亲爱的

孩子，我已经绝望了 记忆力我

不确定我什至不知道自己的生日

我到底是什么年龄 28 或 29 你是 33

和一个骗子

你有一个辉煌的记忆你对曾经存在

过的每只蝙蝠的一切都了如指掌

啊现在不一样了

alfred who 为一家名为《环球报》的报纸工作

，欧内斯特勋爵

刚从挪威回来，

在那里他们解决了一个不寻常的

案件，伯爵和他的家人

搬到了伯爵叔叔在遗嘱中留给他的一座古老城堡里，

然而

一周后 午夜时分，穿着维京人的奇怪无头身影

开始出现，

维京人尽可能大声地咆哮，自然而然

地吓到了所有人

透过窗户望向伦敦的街道，

但他所能看到的只是烟雾和雾气，

你知道，阿尔弗雷多小伙子，

我不得不承认，这是一款

好酒，

你碰巧再也没有了，你知道吗？

任何机会

阿尔弗雷德倒了更多的酒，欧内斯特又让

自己舒服了

[音乐]

你知道我更喜欢这个

猎鬼生意

欧内斯特点燃烟斗时开始大笑，

多么绝望的演员，维京人

太可怕了，

我见过更好的表演 在

阿加莎姨妈的教堂戏剧组里，

他听起来更像是老鼠而不是

怪物 '正在变得很有名了

阿尔弗雷德走到他的办公桌前

拿起报纸

，钦佩地看着

标题英国人突然发现维京人失踪了

他看起来很严肃

你相信鬼吗欧内斯特

我很想但我很害怕

他们 不

存在 可惜 真的

很好

我不太

确定 门铃响

了 两个人都

吓了一跳 艾瑞德拿着

电报 阿尔弗雷德把它撕开

他不喜欢电报

他的眼睛快速地从纸上移开

他的脸上出现了如释重负的神情

你知道 我想我们又开始做生意了

亲爱的欧内斯特

猜猜是谁 哦，拜托，别继续

悬念中的我

特兰西瓦尼亚的

德古拉伯爵 德古拉伯爵这个名字敲响了

警钟 一颗英俊的珍珠，

非常适合吸血 嗯，

那双布满血丝的眼睛，他是一个多么有趣

的人，他的口音多么可怕，

他听起来像一只老青蛙，

好吧，

阿尔弗雷德在灯下拿着电报

，开始

阅读 1895 年

11 月 10 日的德古拉村

。

我们将永远记得我对

英国的访问，特别是与您和

您对酒吧非常了解的杰出朋友的会面

我有一个坏消息，

我快死了，非常需要您的

帮助

在我离开这个世界之前听听德古拉的名字

请快点来

你的

伯爵弗拉德德古拉

阿尔弗雷德注意到欧内斯特勋爵脸上的兴奋

怎么样那么老伙计

你能不能在明天之前收拾你的行李

到车站哦让我看看

阿尔弗雷德拿走了 火车时刻表从

架子上

查了查令十字路口到多佛尔的发车时间

是早上 7 点 32 分或下午 哦，天哪，为什么我当然

认为先生，你知道我讨厌

一大早起床，

我总是可以没有你就去。

他的椅子

不，你不会的，我会想念

这个世界的，

然后

在 7 点 15 分在车站等

你，不要迟到

阿尔弗雷德带着他的朋友到前门

，等到一辆出租车

从浓雾中出现

第二天

在去多佛尔的火车上，

阿尔弗雷德正在看一份早报

，第三页的标题引起了他的注意

欧内斯特

看着这个

死亡伯爵

欧内斯特半睁着眼睛，

困倦地看着他的

朋友，

伯爵博士 特兰西瓦尼亚的阿库拉（acula）今天

早上在他的城堡附近的维尔查

特兰西瓦尼亚（vilcha transylvania）去世了，

哦，看看这个，它说

来自可靠消息来源的一份报告

说，在他死前，伯爵曾

要求两位英国专家为他洗清罪名，

好消息传得很快

好吧，既然他死了，我

想报纸几乎没有意义

从

阿尔弗雷德手中掉下

来你在说什么

我当然不会回去

想想你会错过什么

你甚至可能有机会看到

特兰西瓦尼亚吸血鬼蝙蝠亲临

欧内斯特的眼睛突然活了过来

你说服了我

太棒了

阿尔弗雷德高兴地躺在他的座位

上 让火车的节奏

让他

突然入睡 他惊醒了

欧内斯特

你认为 我们有我们

需要的一切你的意思是护照等等，

不，我在想更多的

保护

让我看看

我有我的 derringer

水牛刀和一些我应该做的绳子

和 o 当然，我

在学校是两次拳击冠军，是的，嗯，

但我想知道我们是否应该

带一个十字架，嗯，

也许是一些大蒜，我不知道你有

宗教信仰的老男孩，至于大蒜，我

不知道你有法语 品尝

[笑声]

认真的笑声让

阿尔弗雷德觉得有点傻，

于是他大声拿起他的报纸，

假装在看书

弗拉德伯爵

穿越欧洲的旅程漫长而

疲惫

欧内斯特大部分时间都在睡觉

他们到达了维也纳

，他知道所有关于

16 世纪吸血鬼的知识，

因为火车深

入德古拉的国家，

阿尔弗雷德刚刚完成了第五个和

l 一本完整的特兰西瓦尼亚历史令人

着迷

，部分归功于他，

土耳其人没有征服欧洲其他地区，

他们说他是一个无所畏惧的军官，

深受他的

手下的爱戴，你到底是在说聋哑人，

我希望你不会 不要总是指望

我能读懂你的

想法 第一个德古拉

王子 弗拉德·德古拉 干得好

他有一点弱点 虽然

他喜欢用

锋利的木头穿过

他们的肚子

或撕裂他们的身体来折磨他的囚犯 迷人的

家伙

它没有说 关于他

喝他们的血的任何事情

似乎只有现在的伯爵

喜欢，或者我应该说喜欢人

血

很难相信

对我来说真的很无害，他的牙齿

不完全是一个人想要的

亲爱的老奶奶

老天爷啊，人类怎么能

像吸血蝙蝠那样吸血呢亲爱的男孩

，看在牙齿上的洞里哦，

没有吸血鬼

人类这回事 我们来这里是为了了解什么

男孩 不是

吗 有时候你会很荒谬

现在让我问这种绅士

当我们预计到

达贝尔彻时 一个独眼老人看着

窗外并指着 天空

，他用

他的好眼角看着他，问他

你要去哪里陌生人

城

堡德古拉帮助伯爵解决一些麻烦

你

知道德古拉这个名字有点安静，老人转身

离开阿尔弗雷德 吓坏了，

有趣的家伙，

四个小时后，他似乎不喜欢外国人了，

就在月亮出现在

山顶上时

，火车驶进了维尔查车站，

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特

和另一名乘客

下车走到入口处

寻找 德古拉的仆人应该

在那里见到他们

我希望他能得到我们的信息

我不想留在这里当晚

阿尔弗雷德刚开口

一个弯曲的老人从

阴影中出现

他的名字叫格雷戈里 他穿着一件黑色

大衣 黑色 手套和一顶黑色

礼帽

他说话如此轻声以至于阿尔弗雷德不得不

弯下腰来听他

说话 一辆黑色的马车和两匹黑马

一上车就在外面等着。司机

启程前往德古拉城堡的最后一段

旅程，

阿尔弗雷德被

马蹄踩在木头上的声音吵醒

了马车停在桥上

越过德古拉城堡周围的水面，

然后他们

在马车

昏暗的灯光下从厚厚

的

石墙下经过

门我敢肯定，

当他们进入城堡的主楼时，那是一只吸血蝙蝠。

两个仆人站在死一般的

寂静中准备迎接他们，

他们也穿着黑色

，脸上没有笑容 像

雕刻的石头一样

鲁道夫 伯爵的管家是个巨人

，脑袋很大，眼睛深空洞

狂热 厨师大约是他的一半

，甚至比格雷戈里还要老

带他们回到他们的房间

他们的脚步声

在空荡荡的城堡里回荡

她什么也没说

只是咕哝着喘着气慢慢

爬上螺旋石阶

[音乐]

终于独自一

人 阿尔弗雷德扑到四人大

床，摸着柔软的天鹅绒

封面

我不知道你是什么老男孩，但我

一直期待这一刻好

几个星期

欧内斯特完全清醒，

用他的蜡烛检查房间

寂静很可怕不是吗

这个地方一定充满了鬼

你 吓不倒我，天哪，

我太累了，我什至要和一个鬼同床共枕，

就像他说他听到敲击声

让他

吓得坐了起来，老格雷戈里半开

房门拿出一封信

沙格维尔先生

给我的一封信 主人 真

有趣

我以为

伯爵死了 墙上的伯爵肖像 看

不到牙齿

只有黑色的布满血丝的眼睛

阿尔弗雷德看着

伯爵头曾经躺过的枕头

你的意思是说伯爵

死

在这里

很可能是你不喜欢的旧运动

换床好吗

阿尔弗雷德打开蜡

封开始阅读

亲爱的阿尔弗雷德

我觉得我的生命离开了我

我们可能不会在这个世界上相遇

无论发生什么都来看看我 当

你到达

我会用一颗温暖的心等待

我已经承诺 罪行，但不是

我被指控的罪行是

时候让我的耻辱而

不是别人的耻辱向世界展示

不要不遗余力

记住你可以把马牵到水边

但你不能让他喝

当心 吨 他吸血蝙蝠

和情人

我无法继续

我的思想和灵魂正准备离开

去一个更美好的世界

我将德古拉的名字留在你的

心中

我相信作为一个英国人

和绅士你会说真话

尊敬的仆人

德古拉·

阿尔弗雷德伯爵抬头看着伯爵的画像

，有那么一刻

他以为他看到了嘴巴在动

那幅画像几乎是活生生

的 有点湿

ernest 用手指擦画布

看起来很像血

当你到达

后，他知道他快要死了，他

可能意味着去他的坟墓里探望他

你的意思是挖他的棺材不会

太难他们几天前才埋葬了他

你知道你在说什么吗？

绝对亲爱的男孩，这可能

比睡在他们称之为床的棺材里更有趣

哦好吧我们什么时候做然后

我知道你很想开始工作

但我很累

明天晚上我们可以谈谈如何

仆人们了解更多关于

伯爵的信息 好主意

阿尔弗雷德打了个哈欠，开始

解开衬衫

的扣子，顺便

说一句，你说你

想要伯爵的床是不是这个意思是的，亲爱的孩子，但

我不想破坏你的乐趣不 不是真的

欧内斯特老伙计我坚持你

绝对确定相当亲爱的男孩

第3章

穿着黑色斗篷的男人

欧内斯特借给了

正在安静地打鼾的

阿尔弗雷德阿尔弗雷德尖叫着把被子掀

飞

然后他看到了欧内斯特

哦是你

穿着整齐的欧内斯特 把

睡袍递给他，你以为是哪位亲爱的男孩，

德古拉

伯爵看着墙上的肖像

，在白天看起来

比以往任何时候都更加生动，

盯着他的狂躁的眼睛

欧内斯特给了他剃须刀，就像 刷刷

快点哦，伙计，早餐

时间

已经过去了，我们现在有工作

要做我几乎没有探索我让

rodolfo告诉我伯爵的

埋葬地点我担心他的英语

有点基础但他有 总体

思路

哦，你割伤了自己 亲爱的同胞，

当他从认真的阿尔弗雷德手中接过手帕时，

鲜血从你

的脖子

流下 河边狭窄的小路

美丽的地方不介意

自己被埋在那里

他们下到餐厅

，坐在一张巨大的木桌上，餐桌上

摆满了鸡蛋牛排

奶酪肝和鱼

以及面包黄油蜂蜜果酱和

咖啡

在用餐

狂热和 鲁道夫在他们头顶盘旋，就像一个

巨大的浴池，食物盘

在尽头

老格雷戈里摇摇晃晃地

搬运

木头生火 我走到桌前

，你能告诉我们一些关于

那个老家伙的

事情吗？

阿尔弗雷德 自从情妇死了

哦

所以他结婚

了

45 年前

那个好女人什么

时候死的

回复 我

没有

孩子 伯爵再也没有结婚

他一定是疯狂地恋爱了

是的

很疯狂

她是

一个非常漂亮的女人

温柔的眼睛

和闪亮的长长的红头发

悲剧 伯爵伤心欲绝

你确定你不会坐下 oh 男孩，

你看起来有点不稳定，

格雷戈里

在她死时似乎没有听到

伯爵发誓再也不会看到白天的光

，

他只在晚上

骑着他的白马战士出去，

当时有一个好月亮

和一个晴朗的日子 天空当然

令人着迷，

现在这些讨厌的谣言是如何开始的，

关于吸血鬼的胡说八道

突然格雷戈里变得非常兴奋，

他掌握了他

是一个好人，

我敢肯定他是哦，男孩，

但所有这些死去的人

脖子上都有有趣的牙印是

谁或什么 让他们

gregory 在空中挥舞着他瘦弱的老胳膊

你是主人 不是主人

哦冷静点 老伙计 你会

伤害自己 我相信你 gregory

跪下来握住 alfred 的

手 alfred 觉得这很尴尬

先生 Oliver shackmillgones

我会为主人而死

很确定你会的

看到

他在信中告诉我们的伯爵，

格雷戈里从阿尔弗雷德

身边撤了下来

当然，我们不会说什么

哦，顺便说一句

，你能在今晚午夜左右打开城堡大门

吗？

是的，主人

那天晚上

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特按计划

在城堡大门附近见面，

正如承诺的那样，

格雷戈里转动方向盘让 他们出来时

刮起了一阵大风，咆哮着

穿过山谷，

他们艰难地沿着小路走，

因为月亮一直躲在巨大的黑色雨云后面，

他们不时听到猫头鹰或其他骑士生物的尖叫声，

当他们进入墓地

时 锈迹斑斑的旧铁门

吱吱作响，这里被

巨大的柏树

遮风挡雨，寂静得像

埋在那里的所有

德古拉都指着一块白色的大理石

墓碑

，

当他们走近伯爵的坟墓时，

他抬头仰望天空 月光下的苍白

光芒在

弯曲的墓碑上

披上了一层白色的面纱 血

井在这里我们得到你的铁锹

阿尔弗雷德别小看老男孩，

锻炼对你有好处

坟墓上的土壤很松

，不久他们挖

了一个大洞，

欧内斯特是第一个接触木头的人

哦 我相信我们又要见到

伯爵了

是不是只是月光你看起来

很苍白亲爱的孩子

我知道现在已经过了你的就寝时间但我

希望你

对这件事更热情

一点你确定我们应该 做这个

，我知道我不想

被打扰，就像我开始了我

永远的休息一样，

不要忘记亲爱的孩子，他没有休息

帮助我取下

盖子那一刻他们听到头顶上方的尖叫声

欧内斯特发出一声 吸血蝙蝠的哭声在

任何地方都无法辨认出那个声音

欧内斯特点燃了一根蜡烛，把它举在

伯爵的头上，

现在轮到阿尔弗雷德大喊了，

哦，我的上帝，

他的眼睛仍然睁着

，就像肖像

停止凝视，让我们搜索他吧，

我' 恐怕我们将不得不 把

他翻

过来 抓住他的左臂

这很有趣 我发誓他很温暖

他们搜查了棺材 但他们

发现的只是伯爵银

手杖 看看

手杖的末端是这种圆形的形状

我求求你 原谅

他是谁吸血蝙蝠

看看那些尖尖的耳朵和牙齿

只是把蜡烛握得更近了

欧内斯特这不是时间也不是

地方

漂亮的作品

这里什么都没有虽然

可惜他们又把伯爵滚到他的背上

欧内斯特停止了死神

看

他的眼睛是闭着的

，我想

是的，我确定

我相信他在微笑

我可以看到他的牙齿

，那是什么

血，

血哎呀对不起，我一定是在钉子上割伤了自己

，打开棺材

哦，这整件事开始让

我感到不安，

他们放 棺材背上

盖上泥土，然后回到

城堡，

就在他们到达时

阿尔弗雷德想起了一些事情，

哦，破折号，

我完全忘记告诉老

格雷戈里让我们再次

进入

他们听到的那一刻 当城堡

大门

足够宽时，

一匹白马被

一个穿着黑色斗篷和兜帽的人骑着马冲了出来，

他们惊讶地看着那个身影

消失在夜色中

欧内斯特抓住阿尔弗雷德的手臂

曾经问我是否相信

有鬼 oh 伙计，

我不得不说，我想我已经

改变主意

了，鬼，

这是一篇什么样的文章。

卧室

里，他脱下斗篷时

阿尔弗雷德注意到伯爵的肖像

看起来很

严肃，牛的脸

看起来比以前平静多了

几乎快乐

谁在想象现在

对我来说看起来就像一幅普通的肖像，

但这正是我的意思

[音乐]

第4章

德古拉的

村庄 第二天早上，为

这两个男人提供早餐的

是 mania，

rodolfo 无处可寻 我生病了，

哦，亲爱的可怜的家伙

，气候非常潮湿，

几乎和英国一样糟糕，

向他问好

，当他结束躁狂症时，你

已经拖着脚走出房间了

阿尔弗雷德不要死人们

通常看起来有点灰暗而且

毫无生气不要问我你是

死亡专家哦男孩我自己喜欢避免它

让我感到很不安全

伯爵脸颊通红好像你还

活着

我 很奇怪，

他在我看来死气沉沉，

大概是在他身上

涂上

胭脂 算了，这不是梦

哦，男孩，它真的发生了，没有等待它

停下来休息，你

坐在墓碑上吃三明治

吃三明治我永远不会吃三明治

坐在墓碑上我知道你

不会 只是一个梦想

突然，棺材盖开始

缓慢地打开，长长的白皙

手指和尖尖的指甲跟着

沙发的头部伸出来，他的眼睛

在月光下闪闪发光，当他半睡半醒时，他

抬头看着我们，嘴角

露出灿烂的笑容 我可以看到他的牙齿

突然流血了

他用他有趣的罗马尼亚

口音说欢迎我的朋友我很高兴但

在他有时间完成这

句话之前有一个可怕的尖叫声

和一个吸血蝙蝠

落在他的肩膀上它是

把我吵醒的尖叫声很不幸我没有

很多梦想，我真的很想

看看这个会如何结束

我很高兴你没有

说尖叫

我什么

时候不能回去睡觉所以我 点燃一根

蜡烛，读了一点埃德加，

我碰巧看了看手表

，正好是

234 听起来很空洞 如果它

来自井底

非常令人不安，是的，它

并没有影响你的食欲，尽管

恰恰相反，我多年来一直没有

这样的胃口，

我确实推荐这种鱼腥味的东西非常

好吃，搭配黑面包和 黄油

阿尔弗雷多小伙子这整个生意

非常有趣不是它在

夜里尖叫白马上的鬼魂接下来我

必须说你有一个奇怪的想法

就像鬼魂骑马我不相信

尽管相似之处非常

惊人 我必须说好我建议我们

到村子里去尝试从当地人那里得到一些

信息，

一旦你吃饱了那些

看起来很腥的东西

你应该试试哦男孩绝对

好吃

啊这里是格雷戈里

我说格雷戈里会 你是个好人

，今天把我们带进村里，欧内斯特勋爵

，我想看到

一点当地的色彩

，当然，阿里弗爵士，

我想你已经注意到欧内斯特，

我已经加入了贵族，阿尔弗雷德爵士听起来不错

d 实际上，阿尔弗雷德爵士，

嗯，

这个村庄距离任何

被高大的雪山与世界其他地方

隔开的地方相距数英里，那里正在倾盆大雨，除了偶尔湿漉漉的包裹

从一个门口跑到另一个门口外，主要街道空无一人，

他们决定 直奔客栈

欧内斯特推开门

，走进一间灯光昏暗的房间，房间里摆满了

沉重的木桌，一些

当地人正在那里喝酒聊天

，当格雷戈里和英国人走进来时，木天花板上挂着一盏油灯

阿尔弗雷德举起手，对

沉默的守望者微笑，祝你们一切

安好，天气真好，

我向房东致意，是不是很愉快啊，我

亲爱的酒保先生，我想

一个红脸白围裙的大个子

站着 一桶

是的，

我想请这些好人

喝一杯，如果你有时间，

如果你能给我们一些

信息，我将不胜感激。我是一名记者，我的

朋友在这里 历史学家和我们正在

写德古拉的历史

德古拉的声音

头转向外国人

你最好问他们中

的一些 酒保指着桌子上的酒客

现在想

聊聊德古拉 家人

过了一分钟左右没有人回答

一个

火红头发的年轻人摇摇晃晃地站了起来

你是说吸血鬼家族 我会告诉

你关于他们 过来坐下

欧内斯特和阿尔弗雷德拉起两张

凳子坐在对面 红头发的男人，

看起来有点醉了

，你真好，老

家伙，牛喜欢人血，

尤其是年轻女人的血，

就像他多年前神秘死去的妻子一样，神秘死亡

是什么意思？

她被发现死后脖子上有牙印

据信是

她丈夫干的，

她杀了她，就像他昨晚杀了我

姐姐

一样，你

昨晚

说什么是的

，她仍然在那儿，脖子上的痕迹

全世界 看到

不能德古拉可能已经死了，但他

仍然可以杀死

我的妹妹我美丽的妹妹

她已经死了，我敢肯定

他杀了她

[音乐

] 男人开始为他喝得

稳定的荣誉而啜泣

很遗憾听到你妹妹的事，

但 这些都是相当强烈的指控

，你有什么证据吗？

就在旁边的桌子上，一个长着乡下脸的老人说

这个人不知道他在说什么，

他来自另一个

村庄，伯爵不是吸血鬼，他是个

好人，

他爱 村里的人们

我永远不会忘记 82 年的冬天。

从 9 月开始下雪，

直到 4 月才停止

人们正在挨饿

伯爵做了什么

他向人们敞开大门，

让我们所有人都活着

他自己差点饿死

伯爵不是吸血鬼

很有趣

所以你如何解释死亡和

牙印 男人停了一会儿，

以为吸血蝙蝠

炉突然表现出兴趣 他

在罗马尼亚学会了吸血蝙蝠这个

词 n 吸血蝙蝠

是怎么回事 阿尔弗雷德告诉他老人

说过的话 我想我们应该去看看这个

年轻女孩

醉醺醺的年轻人

站起来

，把他们拖到楼梯上 他们

绊倒了

那个男人一直在自言自语

我们不得不把她带到这里 她就在这儿

咳血

这是最近的村庄 有

医生 magorski 医生

他们到了卧室 推门

进去，可以看到一个

年轻女孩的尸体躺在床上，下半身盖着一张床单，一个

四十岁左右的女人

在床边哭泣，

床的另一边

一个穿着黑色西装的老人 正在收拾一些

手术

器械 醉酒的男人掉进了房间

看看吸血鬼帐户的工作

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特看到

她脖子上有一张美丽苍白的脸 相距约一英寸的两个红点

老人对闯入者愤怒地转过身来

rs 你是谁 马上离开这里

他们是我医生的朋友 他们

不相信现在你知道

伯爵是多么的一个魔鬼

你仍然可以离开 谢谢医生 我

希望我们会很高兴 再一次，

阿尔弗雷德希望尽快离开，

另一方面，欧内斯特正静静地

环顾房间，

阿尔弗雷德无法将目光从那个没有

血色的女孩

身上移开 欧内斯特楼下的

旅馆在想

我根本不喜欢那个医生

讨厌的工作

绝对不是绅士 你有没有

注意到他手上的抓痕 我不

知道你在说什么

这种饮料我

建议我们回到城堡

第 5 章

在德古拉城堡中的搜索

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特在又一顿美餐后坐在

熊熊烈火前

这次是烤鹅和苹果派

，上面涂有奶油

阿尔弗雷德举起酒杯 空气中的酒，

我会 喜欢为

婊子干杯，他的热情好客和他

对葡萄酒的出色品味，

老家伙当然知道如何

吃喝好，

因为对于躁狂症，她是绝对的宝藏，

你知道，欧内斯特

我有点

担心证据没有 似乎对

老家伙有利 是不是

一个看起来像伯爵的人骑马

驶入月夜

，两个小时后，一个女孩死

了，脖子上有两个牙印

现在很难说是巧合

了，问题是我们是否

不管你是否相信鬼魂，我希望它们存在，但

我的逻辑告诉我，它们不存在，

因此白马上的那个人

不可能是伯爵，

所以谁是好人，当然不是

曼努埃尔或 格雷戈里

和城堡里唯一的另一个人

是好思想的老男孩，也许这

就是他昨天早餐没有为我们服务的原因，

他正在补

觉，

但为什么

我不禁觉得答案

一定在伯爵的信中

啊我明白了 在这里

让我们看看

不要留下一块石头

我们必须在石头下寻找

你可以牵马下水

突然一声尖叫就像他们

昨天晚上听到的一样

在城堡里隐约回响

阿尔弗雷德

颤抖你听到了吗

我当然做了老男孩，我想它

是从外面传来的

盖井

他们到底怎么把水弄出来的

不，

这更像是一种呻吟

，你能听到吗？

对不起，什么都听不见，我认为你的

大脑在欺骗你，老男孩，

这可能是你胃部的隆隆声，

在那只美味的鹅之后，

我们回去吧 k 里面很冷

[音乐]

Gregory 站在

餐厅门口，脸上挂着忧虑的神情，

Oliver 先生，

这是怎么回事

哦，可能是我的想象，

我以为我听到有人尖叫

，说

他做了噩梦 abegopaten

i 意思是鲁道夫

唐璜是他的绰号，

他受到许多女人的喜爱，但他

更爱大师，

我从格雷戈里

的方式看到，我一直

想问你

告诉我关于麦戈尔斯基医生的欧内斯特

勋爵，我不太喜欢他

他是伯爵的医生，

但他是个邪恶的人

他使用古老

的药物 女巫的

药草 草药

不会有任何问题

我的阿加莎阿姨发誓用它们

青蛙

蛇

蝙蝠和老鼠以及其他生物

嗯 是的，我认为阿加莎阿姨会

画 行在那里

他流血了他所有的耐心

他说输血对你有好处

但他不关心健康

他是一个只爱钱的贪婪的人

非常感谢Gregory老家伙

他的耐心流血了

好你 奥利弗爵士，

我是个老人

，当然必须睡觉哦，男孩，甜美的梦，

阿尔弗雷德告诉欧内斯特，格雷戈里说

欧内斯特很

感兴趣，当

我建议我们在早餐前散步

时，当我们的头脑清醒并

尝试和尝试时，它变得更有趣。 解决这个问题 嘿，男孩，

你怎么了

我以为你喜欢睡觉，

我希望你能

可怜我 早早

起来到院子里走走

穿过浓雾

他们看见鲁道夫在井边

提着一盘食物

阿尔弗雷德很惊讶

这很有趣 鲁道夫在做什么

我没有在床上要早餐

鲁道夫把托盘放在了 井

顶

，拿着一块巨大的

木头，

阿尔弗雷德叫了鲁道夫，转过身

来，脸上带着震惊的

神情 出

吨 他的井没

用过 伯爵多年前在上面放了一块石头

伙计，

现在我当然要离开

了哦

，别忘了你的托盘，

嗯，那些鸡蛋和培根看起来不错，

也许我们现在应该吃早餐了，

欧内斯特·鲁道夫拿着托盘，快步

朝厨房走去，阿尔弗雷德，别再

想你的肚子了，我们走吧

对于那次散步，我建议我们去拜访

伯爵 是的，我觉得他可能会给我们

灵感

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德古拉墓地像空房子一样安静，

即使是鸟儿似乎也停止了

歌唱，

因为

它们几乎看不到浓雾

在他们前面几英尺处

突然间，阿尔弗雷德

在任何

地方都看

不到

欧内斯特 欧内斯特

，

你到底去了哪里 营 的

坟墓，我发现了一些很

有趣的

东西，继续说吧

，那样我也许能找到你，

阿尔弗雷德终于找到了认真地

俯身在伯爵的坟墓上，

你不觉得这很奇怪

，没有我们的脚步

的迹象吗？ 如果土被取出

再放回去

别忘了昨晚下雨了我

无法理解的是为什么伯爵

在他

没有什么可告诉我们的情况下告诉我们去拜访

他 一个想法，

你不认为他的手杖是

空心的，你是不是

，里面是一个重要的信息，

我的话，你是个天才，亲爱的男孩，

当然它一定是

哦，亲爱的

，这是否意味着我们必须做更多的坟墓

挖掘，所以 伙计，

但顺便说一句，你已经

很擅长

了 自己远离魔鬼

，因为吸血蝙蝠他不会 敢

在离我们一英里的范围内飞行

来吧

我们去吃早餐

他们沿河

返回城堡大门 格雷戈里

为他们敞开的大门

阿尔弗雷德仍在努力找出

石头水和马之间的联系

你知道欧内斯特

我觉得我们的谜团的解决方案就在

离那口井很近的地方，

那里有一块大石头，下面有水，

在马厩对面放着

伯爵的马

手指放在嘴边

看看 dolpho 刚从井里出来，

他自己把石头推回去

天哪，他一定像一头牛一样强壮，

穿过迷雾他们看到了 rodolfo

从井里端着盘子到

厨房，

阿尔弗雷德拍了拍一边 他的头

恼怒地

冲了上来，在

唐琼成为一个伟大的情人之前我应该想到它不是

他伯爵在他的信中说了什么

当心情人

你认为鲁道夫可能是情人

吗 我最好密切关注他

，找出隐藏在这么

好的地方

他为什么要提着一个托盘

所有这些侦探工作让我

很有胃口你呢，阿尔弗雷德

哦，是的，我认为我们应得的我觉得

我们 正在接近一个重要的

发现

第 6 章

丢失的环节

那天晚上阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特

太累了，无法去掘墓

他们决定但是他们会

密切关注鲁道夫

他们觉得他和事实上所有三个

仆人都在隐瞒一些事情 这

可能是解开整个德古拉之谜的关键，

所以第二天早上，他们

在雾气升起之前早早

起床，溜进城堡的院子里，

等待鲁道夫端着一盘食物出现，

因为他们相信他几乎肯定

会在

大约 10 英尺处出现

格雷戈里从井里停了马车，马车上

挂着德古拉的徽章，吸血鬼蝙蝠的头

在侧面涂着金色

[音乐]

他们认为这是一个隐藏 ern 的好

地方

est 看了看他的手表

，你认为他不来吗？我们已经在

这里待了将近一个小时，

也许他听到我们出来了，

意识到我们在追他，

让我们再给他 15 分钟，

他们又等了 15 分钟

，即将

当他们听到厨房的门砰地关上时放弃了

我想他肯定是他

rodolfo 出现了，带着和

前一天一样的托盘，

但他没有在井边停下来，而是

径直走到马车

ernest 和 alfred 开始感到不安，

但是

当他 到了驾驶座，

他停下来，把托盘放在上面，

然后他回到井边

，用厚厚的木头作为

杠杆

推回石头

[音乐]

他回来拿托盘

，令他们惊讶的是

爬进井里， 消失了

阿尔弗雷德对自己吹口哨

我想这是我们的机会

让我们跟着他

阿尔弗雷德首先到达了井

他能听到鲁道夫的

靴子踩在石阶上的声音 当他

深入井中

时 点他们似乎只是

消失了

阿尔弗雷德看着

但他所能看到的只是一个黑洞

我说我不喜欢进入那里

看起来像下地狱的方式

欧内斯特划了一根火柴并将它举过他们可以辨认

的洞

螺旋形的台阶建

在井边

，没有什么可以抓住的，

而且台阶看起来又湿又滑，

所以如果其中任何一个掉下来，

他几乎肯定会飞奔而

下，必死无疑。

欧内斯特掉进了

井口小心 台阶都湿漉漉的

他们一步一步爬下

黑暗

靠在井壁上尽最大努力

摸索着路

致命的飞溅，

他听到了从井里传来的欧内斯特的声音，

然后他意识到发生了什么事

，墙上有一个大洞，

欧内斯特掉进了洞里，现在躺在地板上，看起来像是一个帕萨

geway 到了地下的某个地方

，你没事吧，老伙计，

我想我正在去见

伯爵的路上，我们是魔鬼，

你的猜测和我的一样好，

吸血蝙蝠的家，我应该

认为

持有 在滴答声中，

我只能在尽头看到昏暗的灯光，

欧内斯特站起来

，沿着通道摸索到一

扇门，门里面略微打开

，他们可以听到鲁道夫的声音

，某种动物的咕噜声

推动了门 门微微一动

，只有一种方法可以发现，

我们走吧，

他打开门刚好

看到发生了什么事，

鲁道夫背对着他们，

面对坐在椅子上的人，

他似乎一只手拿着勺子在

房间里喂婴儿 温暖舒适

，地上铺着昂贵的波斯地毯

身体全都

弯着身子 失去控制

没吃的食物 嘴里发出毫无意义的声音

阿尔弗雷德忍不住惊呼

鲁道夫在对那个生物

说什么 好像它明白他在说什么但

无法回答

阿尔弗雷德拉着欧内斯特的胳膊

我想我们应该去，

鲁道夫一定是感觉到有人在

那里，因为他大叫一声，

开始朝他们跑去

你想为你的报纸报道一个故事

你不关心伟大的吸血鬼家族

我要杀了你

鲁道夫走到两人身边，正

要把阿尔弗雷德举到空中，

认真地穿过他用粗绳做成

的套索 三个金属球

绑在两端

紧靠在鲁道夫腿上的套索 阿尔弗雷德被

抛到空中，鲁道夫

向前

摔倒在地板上 欧内斯特扔了一块 o f 把绳子

拉到阿尔弗雷德

这里 抓住这根绳子，在他恢复之前把他绑起来

勇敢 认真的老家伙

你到底从哪里学到的那个小把戏

我不是告诉过你 我

在阿根廷和叛军一起度过了三个月 与

我带来的独裁者作战

和我一起回到

他们两人中间的那个小家伙，他们成功地

把挣扎中的鲁道夫·欧内斯特绑起来了

现在开始说话了 rodolfo 伙计

我非常抱歉不得不这样做，

但你必须明白

我们是来帮你

的 我想你最好告诉我们

整个事情

角落里的生物发出

一声动物的叫声

假设是他

在夜间发出尖叫声

他是谁

我想是他

鲁道夫什么也没说

只是被愤怒煮沸了 他说得

很好，

你现在知道

，我不能杀了你，

所以我不妨告诉你

伯爵的儿子伯爵的儿子的整个故事，是的，

他已经 45 岁了，

他应该死了，但

坚持一下

45

但伯爵夫人死了 45 几年前，

你的意思是她死

了，那里的那个绅士

是德古拉州的继承人，

他现在应该是德古拉伯爵

，这意味着英俊，这不是

很讽刺

自然伯爵不想让

世界知道 radhu

这对家庭来说是一个巨大的耻辱，

但他对把他留在这个洞里感到非常内疚，

但 radhu 不知道

更好，看起来好像你把猫

从袋子里拿出来了，

但别担心 你的秘密对我们来说是安全的

我什至不会在我的文章中提及它 我

保证

现在有

一件事让我们

感到困惑 这个

magorski 博士是谁

流血杀死了伯爵夫人 她

这就是他为使人们变得更好而做的事情

我看到了

迷人的

哦最后一个小问题哦男孩

现在我们让你处于这个

困难的位置可以这么

说就是你那天晚上我们在伯爵的马上看到你

穿着他的 斗篷和

兜帽

鲁道夫沉默了，

然后犹豫地回答

说不，你确定你没有嗯睡觉

写老家伙，

因为如果不是你，我不认为

那是谁，

除非是伯爵本人

现在你必须相信我们，

我们 可以一起工作，解决这整个

令人讨厌的事情

我们的工作是清除德古拉的名字，

这正是我们会做的，

我会帮助你

哦，一个快乐的好人你

知道欧内斯特鲁道夫

会帮助

我想我们 现在可以解开他

，你确定我们可以信任他吗？他可以

用一只胳膊把我们俩扔进井里，

也许你最好把你的

小东西放在手边，以防

他们先解开套索

，然后解开周围的绳索 他的手臂

他 没有试图轻松地攻击他们

阿尔弗雷德的

一方我不知道你们两个，但我

饿坏

了

当欧内斯特和阿尔弗雷德吃早餐时早餐怎么样

阿尔弗雷德仍然不确定情况

还有很多问题

没有回答 不是所有的男孩，我的

意思是，

现在我们不相信鬼魂，

或者

我不确定我们是否可以相信鲁道夫，

她可能一直在撒谎，或者至少没有

告诉我们全部真相 你

还是把我们扔进井里

什么的哦不不不鲁道夫是个好人

我们

可以查明这个 magorski 家伙

ah

rodolfo 像往常一样的美味早餐

我希望你不要只是不小心将

几勺氰化物滴入

咖啡中

rodolfo 没有回答

或

对外国人笑笑他们不能

开个玩笑

第 7 章

benjamin mcgorski 博士

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他们决定直接去

医生家面对他，

出于某种原因，鲁道夫坚持要

开车送他们去那里，

经过两个小时的路程，

他们到达了一个铁门，

通往一个被包围的大庄园

靠着一堵高高的玻璃顶墙，

一条保存完好的车道通向医生的

房子，从马车的窗户向外看，

欧内斯特惊讶地看到

一栋至少有 20 个房间的大房子，

看看那个

他没有在做的老男孩 乡村

医生太可惜了，这样的房子一定很值钱。等了

好久，门被仆人打开

了。医生仍然是一个非常

英俊的男人，长长的银

发梳到脑后。

房间

令人惊讶的是他的英语说得很好

我相信我们在先生们之前遇到

过 不太高兴的情况

你的英语 我相信

是的 医生我们正在

调查迟到的人数

他们告诉我你是蜜蜂

问一些让一些村民感到不安的问题

根本不是医生

人们很乐意告诉

我们他们所知道的

一切 似乎这些关于

伯爵喜欢人类血液的谣言

完全没有根据

我不知道你是谁 一直在和先生们交谈，

但我可以向您保证，

伯爵曾经是

，我相信仍然

是吸血鬼，

您忘记先生们，我是他的医生，

您说仍然是

您的意思是说您不

相信伯爵死了

还是 你相信鬼魂吗？

我相信他死

了

现实生活中的吸血鬼 是

的 伯爵拥有非常罕见的力量

我曾经仔细检查过他的牙齿 就

在那一刻，

从大厅里传来一声喊叫

，所有七英尺长的鲁道夫都

穿过门进入客厅

，那个男人是个骗子，

他是 吸血鬼不是伯爵

告诉他们你 医生是如何

看着鲁道夫的

你会保守他的秘密

你是唯一知道

radu

垃圾

废话的人

我不能让所有村民都说

你是如何强迫他们大笔钱财的

，并威胁说如果他们不付钱就杀了他们

医生开始 歇斯底里地笑

[音乐]

这个人疯了，他

需要被关起来

，如果他不尽快闭嘴，我会

打电话给我的人，让他在这场对抗中带走

[音乐]

欧内斯特和阿尔弗雷德只是坐着

看 知道谁在说真话，

鲁道夫突然走到医生跟前

，抓住他的衬衫领子，

如果阿尔弗雷德没有阻止他，他可能会摔断脖子，

先生们，没有必要像动物一样打架，

我们在这里都是文明的

文明

这位医生是一只动物

他已经杀死了成千上万的人

流血致死

谎言证明了 你这个怪物

突然鲁道夫冷静下来

是的 情人博士

我会证明

你什么都证明不了 是的 我可以

在伯爵死前 他给我留下了他的

日记

当你用

所谓的药物杀死伯爵夫人而你流血时写下所有内容

没有一天 伯爵

没有写下所有内容

你如何勒索他

你如何通过威胁穷人

和病人来致富 你

如何使用吸血鬼 蝙蝠为你做你的

肮脏工作

每个人都讨厌你和害怕你

没有人会相信

他们都认为伯爵是吸血鬼

这是他对我的言辞

你很

清楚如果这是你

对他言辞的问题人们会 相信他

的人都喜欢伯爵

，从不真正相信谣言

突然从隔壁房间听到可怕的尖叫声

，

除了医生僵住了，

没什么，先生们，这是我的猎鹰

他一

听到欧内斯特的尖叫声就想去打猎 他

表现得非常兴奋

阿尔弗雷多 伙计 这是我

一直在等待的时刻 欧内斯特兴奋地

走到门口

，正要开门

，医生对他大喊不要

开门 那扇门，除非你想死，

欧内斯特勋爵，

我专门训练他们

直接去找颈科

医生

专家

我警告过你 欧内斯特刚打开

门，就听到一声响亮的翅膀拍打声和

一只饥饿蝙蝠的尖叫声

，一个长着尖翅膀

、鼻子被压扁的丑陋生物

疯狂地飞来飞去，

热切地

阿尔弗雷德尖叫着 跑去击退这个

凶恶的生物，

但当他到达他的

朋友身边时，蝙蝠已经把牙齿咬

进了他的脖子，这

让阿尔弗雷德惊讶的是，

欧内斯特站在那里，而那个

生物从他的脖子上

吃饱了。 弗雷德不知道该怎么办

蝙蝠从

欧内斯特的脖子上拔出牙齿

像鹦鹉或驯服的鸟

一样坐在他的肩膀上 你知道吗 阿尔弗雷德男孩 我认为这

是我一生中最激动人心的时刻 有

多少人回来了 英格兰可以说

他们与它的接触如此密切

长久

以来，医生都站在钦佩的位置，

听着这个人

如此随意地谈论他的蝙蝠，

一位美丽的生物医生，但

如果你让它成为一名致命的医生，

你有他们训练有素的医生，

你不介意我看到家里的其他

人

就在那个时候，欧内斯特走进了医生的

实验室，抬头看着天花板，

果然

倒挂在一根木条上，还有

四只吸血蝙蝠，

阿尔弗雷德现在已经把一条围巾围

在脖子上，双手紧紧地

握着。

你 杀死医生是

为了让你的小家庭活着

是的，他们是我的家人，

我爱他们胜过任何人，

因为他们全心全意地爱我，

他们忠诚，不像

今天爱你，明天离开你的女人，

所有他们要去的人

反正死我也救不了他们没人能救

你怎么能这么肯定医生

我想我们应该让警察来

决定你不认为阿尔弗雷德

绝对是哦伙计我建议我们现在就去

他们转身离开医生

之后谁在胡说八道，

对我无能为力他们只是

农民他们都怕我

我有所有的

力量他们到达马车

欧内斯特转向医生

很好再见医生我们很高兴

我们会见面 哦，还有一

件事今晚你不需要养活

一个家人

[音乐]

当他们在马车上时，

阿尔弗雷德感觉好一点，把手从脖子上放了

下来，但他似乎很担心这两个人

粉色的 欧内斯特脖子上的斑点

你没事 哦，伙计 可怕的

经历恰恰相反 亲爱的男孩

这就像一个温柔的吻

什么时候试试

我想我会给它一个导弹家伙

我会坚持女性的

现在我担心什么 关于

医生会怎么做才能拿到

沙发上的日记

他会不择手段

我会检查我的 derringer 以防万一我

认为我们会需要它

[音乐]

第八章

他们离开时的情人

医生们开始

下雪了，从乌云看来

，要下暴风雨了，

所以他们决定

那天晚上不去警察局，

无论如何，

阿尔弗雷德想先检查一下

伯爵的日记，以确保鲁道夫

得到了他的 事实正确

阿尔弗雷德心里有两件事，

他没有机会和

厄斯特谈谈

，他倾向于厄斯特，以便

在马车和暴风雨的喧嚣声中听到他的声音，

你注意到鲁道夫

叫马戈尔斯基博士的厄斯特了吗 爱人我怕我

想念 埃德那个老男孩你为什么

认为医生是他的情人伯爵

在信中提到的

突然听到马车

接近马车的声音然后一声

枪响欧内斯特迅速将头

从飘落的雪花中探出窗外

他 可以看到三个骑手

我想我们正在被

医生的人袭击 我希望你是一个好枪的

老男孩 因为这是我们唯一的枪

鲁道夫现在开得更快了，

马车

危险地左右

滚动 枪声响起，他们

听到海豚的叫声，

在那欧内斯特开始

爬出窗外，这让阿尔弗雷德很担心，

哦，孩子，他们是要杀人的，

我担心你将不得不加入

我亲爱的朋友你

在这里没有机会撞到他们中的任何一个，

所以

两个人都爬上了

车顶，

rodolfo 的手臂中了枪，但

在差点被扔下

马车三次后仍然能够驾驶马匹

阿尔弗雷德终于马 迫不及待地爬上

车顶，

他趴在地上，瞄准

了他的第一枪，把一个骑手

从马背上撞下来

走了

很短的距离

，然后落在

阿尔弗雷德身后放松但不高兴

这位医生将不惜一切

阻止世界发现真相

事情变得越来越无聊，

他们没有任何进一步的冒险就到达了德古拉城堡，

鲁道夫流血不止，

但对急救很了解的欧内斯特

在这过程中清理并包扎伤口，

阿尔弗雷德认为这是一个很好的机会

，可以得到一些直接的答案

鲁道夫

鲁道夫我有没有听到你说

伯爵是你的

父亲如果是的话你为什么要假装是

他的仆人

我应该从一开始就告诉你一切

但我学会了不信任任何人

我是疯狂的儿子

伯爵偷偷娶了她

他从远方带来了一位牧师

这样没人会知道

但伯爵从来没有像对待儿子那样对待我更像

是让我痛苦的仆人我 讨厌

伯爵，

但

我像父亲一样

爱他

结婚了，

但她把他留给了另一个男人，

一个来自城里的有钱人

，之后人们取笑他，

称他为

情人，这让医生讨厌

女人，

特别是年轻漂亮的女人，

我现在

确信情人杀了 伯爵夫人 伯爵

在他的

日记里没有提到过

吗 不 你看伯爵是一个如此善良的

人 他无法相信别人

会是邪恶的

他不知道医生对他有多嫉妒

他甚至不恨医生

勒索 h 我

伯爵是最善良的人，

但你说他对你

不好 快活有趣的

鲁道夫，但

那天晚上骑马假装

是伯爵

的那个人是谁？

关于伯爵的谣言

我会在医生告诉我时骑着伯爵的马

穿过村庄

，

这样每个人都会认为这是

伯爵

[音乐]

我所做的很糟糕，

但我想伤害伯爵的

方式，因为他对待我的方式

和 看来你做得

很好 为打翻的牛奶哭是没有意义

的 重要的是确保这些

日记对警察来说是安全的，

并努力证明你是伯爵

儿子 他在日记中的任何地方都提到过吗

不 我读过

我不敢相信，如果伯爵是

这样一个善良的人，他不会认出

你是他的儿子，

我们必须在城堡上下搜查

欧内斯特

，你有什么想法

可以让伯爵隐藏一封信吗？ 在火前取暖的遗嘱或

其他东西

看起来很周到，

这是你的主意，真的老男孩，你

认为计数可能是空洞的，

是的，当然我完全忘记了，

也许

你不分享我有趣的棺材

你是老伙计，

所以看起来我们

今晚

在这种天气里有工作要做，

有时阿尔弗雷德，你让我吃惊，你

称自己为记者，但你

喜欢推迟事情，是的，今晚

不是我想我们会看到吸血蝙蝠

恐怕天气太冷

了 至少那是一件好事

晚饭后他们又拿着铁锹出发了

这次鲁道夫和他们一起来了

尽管他非常害怕

鬼 雪大片

飘落 风很冷

b 当他们到达墓地时，

一切都是那么白，他们可以

在没有灯的情况下看到他们的路，

他们花了大约半个小时才

挖到伯爵的棺材

，听到棺材上铲子的声音，

鲁道夫从坟墓里跳了出来，我是

对不起，阿尔弗雷德先生，剩下的你必须

自己做

我同意你老家伙的

观点我受不了这部分告诉你真相我只是闭上眼睛我把这一切都认真他喜欢

它雪下得如此之快以至于

棺材顶部已经覆盖了一层白色

欧内斯特正在取下盖子我不知道

我们是否会看到我的梦想的终结

有白色的手指开始出现

然后

欧内斯特笑着拉下盖子

欧内斯特不敢相信他的

眼睛牛的眼睛 脸似乎比以往任何时候都更年轻，更有

活力

，眼睛又睁开

了一会儿，他以为伯爵

会说话

阿尔弗雷德，你能帮我把伯爵转过来

吗？我找不到拐杖，我必须要吗？

他们俩都举起了伯爵

和下面 发现

手杖很有趣 我以为我把手杖

留在了他身上

啊好吧让我们看看这一切是

不是浪费时间

欧内斯特完成后开始拧下

把手 他把它翻过来

并敲打末端

果然 一张厚纸掉

了出来 他的

后背注意到了一些非常奇怪的东西，

天哪，

他的眼睛已经闭上了，他的脸

呢，这次看起来真的死了，

但

如果我相信有鬼，他就好像在微笑，我发誓

他知道发生的一切

最后几天，

但

你不认真

第9章

回到城堡的遗嘱鲁道夫立即

去告诉他的老母亲这个消息

，他们都聚集在火炉旁，

而阿尔弗雷德一边阅读遗嘱，一边

认真翻译它

在我最后的遗嘱和遗嘱中，我

希望撤销我多年前犯下的错误，

我嫁给了一个低于我职位的善良和善良的女人，

我的借口是像所有男人一样，

我需要人类的温暖和安慰，

我最大的罪行是为此感到

羞耻和 永远不承认

那场婚姻的结果 我的儿子

鲁道夫在这遗嘱中请求他的

原谅并将一切留给他

宣布他有权称

自己为德古拉伯爵

至于我的第一个不幸的

拉达

我知道鲁道夫会照顾

他 只要他还活着，

我就将这份遗嘱带给我的伟大，我

知道如果它被发现，

那将是因为德古拉的名字

已经清除了

那个邪恶的医生爱马戈尔斯基散布的所有谎言

我要感谢阿尔弗雷德扎克维尔琼斯

还有 ernest de boy 勋爵帮助我的

儿子鲁道夫得到了他应得的东西

我现在可以安息

在井底吃完签名

鲁道夫老家伙

，从现在开始，我们得叫你伯爵

了

格雷戈里也笑了，跳着跳着跳着

某种奇怪的罗马尼亚

舞蹈

，把他的母亲放下

来，鲁道夫来了，在阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特

的两颊上亲了一口，我建议

算一下，我们打开了最近的

一瓶好瓶德国葡萄酒

我认为这需要庆祝

[音乐]

所以他们五个人庆祝到

凌晨，

他们甚至让欧内斯特加入唱

一些传统的罗马尼亚

歌曲当然阿尔弗雷德知道前方有许多危险

，但他不想

破坏乐趣

第二天早上，阿尔弗雷德像往常一样

先向

伯爵的画像道了声早安，伯爵

的脸颊通红，好像前一天晚上

也喝多了一样，

然后他看了看 窗外，

越过城堡围墙，

越过河流

和德古拉

山谷，暴风雨已经过去，

但雪至少有两英尺深，

欧内斯特仍在

熟睡，因为他没有棺材可以参观，也没有

吸血蝙蝠来

观看激动人心的部分 结束了他

阿尔弗雷德摇醒他

醒来哦男孩

阿尔弗雷德真的

为什么你总是要

在最激动人心的时刻打断

我的梦

首先，我们必须将这些文件

带给当局，我相信

医生的人已经在路上，并且

可能会采取任何措施阻止我们，

因为雪太深，马车

无法承受，所以阿尔弗雷德和鲁道夫的公路

战士 欧内斯特各带了一

匹马，

因为他们不确定自己是否会

回到城堡，

他们带着一个装满行李的袋子

，告别了热泪盈眶的狂热和格雷戈里

，

阿尔弗雷德最后一次拜访了他们的房间

， 说再见 对着墙上的画像，

他几乎可以肯定，

当他们从德古拉的城堡里出来时，他看到了牛的嘴唇在动。

寂静

无边，只能听到瀑布所在

的墓地附近河水的低沉声音

[音乐]

如果医生的手下试图攻击我们

，一英里外阿尔弗雷德转向鲁道夫 最有可能的

地方是山谷变窄的地方，

或者我们必须在

离轮椅大约一英里的地方过河的地方

他们说很少，

只是盯着山丘

他们周围的树木可能藏着一个拿着枪

的人 医生的手下并没有在

狭窄的小路上等待，

这让鲁道夫感到惊讶，他想

知道医生是否会攻击

他们，毕竟

阿尔弗雷德确信他会攻击他们

，所以当他们 在河对岸

他停了下来

先生们 准备好你们的枪

他刚说完 一支枪从树后出现

一声枪响 子弹从欧内斯特耳边呼啸而过

去 哦，天哪，就在附近，

他们跳下马跑去

躲避

他们现在可以看到有三个

认真的攻击者，他们的战斗经验比其他人都多

海豚有可能

在任何其他点过河大约半

再往上一英里，但

如果你让我有一个

战士，我就没有

路了

大约半小时后顺河而上，一声枪响

，他们看到一具尸体从一棵树后面掉下来

，

阿尔弗雷德看到了他的机会，

鲁道夫让我们到另一边，

欧内斯特不给他们任何时间

考虑我们

两分钟后他们

此时欧内斯特已经在另一边打了另一个

，第三个已经放下枪，

举着白手

帕欧内斯特从一棵树后面出现，

紧随其后的是武士

井，这并不难

阿尔弗雷德用眼角余光

看到了一个动作

，是那个

用枪指着鲁道夫的

伤员，鲁道夫下来，

但为时已晚，

鲁道夫倒在地上，

鲜血溅到了白雪上，

欧内斯特指着枪开了一枪 那个人

欧内斯特检查了鲁道夫，发现

他还在呼吸，

但子弹已经进入他的胸膛，

他流了很多血，我们必须让

他快速粘上尼龙搭扣，

阿尔弗雷德把男人的枪扔进

河里，让那个人把死者放好

男人们骑上马然后我们开始吧

大约 20 分钟

后

他们坐上了轮椅

设法把子弹取出来

，伤口休息

alfred 钦佩地看着我不

知道你是如此的专家 亲爱的孩子

我从来没有告诉过你我

在转向考古之前学了两年医学

逻辑

你知道我想我会成为

一个很好的医生

我想这就是你喜欢的所有血液

亲爱的

家伙鲁道夫有多少机会挺

过来

哦他会活

但可能需要几天才能

恢复正常

突然他们听到了鲁道夫的声音 阿尔弗雷德爵士 叫

市长和警察

局长来

我要立即目击证人

老家伙

看到欧内斯特赤裸而流血的手臂

鲁道夫意识到是他

救了他的命 欧内斯特

勋爵

我现在欠你一条命

怎么可能 算我还你一天，我

想在城堡里呆一会儿，

只是翻阅档案

，这样好吗？

现在由当局来

处理 magorski 博士 alfred

认为

我们的工作似乎已经结束了 ernest

老家伙

我真的很想再次看到那些吸血

蝙蝠

我不能和警察一起去 首先逮捕

医生

，我们不知道

医生

现在可能藏在哪里

，他现在的主要目标是

在我们回到英国之前杀死我们而不是鲁道夫，

并公布一切，所以

老男孩

鲁道夫掌握得很好 所以我建议我们

尽快离开这里

我们还有很长的路要走

我会想念这个地方

算得很好，

我一直认为他是一个非常可靠的

小伙子

第 10 章

结尾

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阿尔弗雷德和

欧内斯特向无法感谢他们的鲁道夫说再见，

并从 viltr 搭上了 330 到 cryova

，他们计划在那里接火车

到维也纳，

他们当然没有医生的消息

，想知道他是否会用他的

金钱和权力派一个小队试图

杀死他们

，这太奇怪了

然而，正是我们 o 揭露了他的

恶行，他不是那种

容易宽恕的

人，你真的认为他会派

一些杀手追捕我们吗？

他为什么要打扰这是一个

骄傲和荣誉的问题，这些外国

家伙认为这些事情非常

重要，

阿尔弗雷德有 很难想到

危险

他已经在想象自己回到

伦敦他的房间

当你认真回来后你要做的第一件事

是什么问题让

我看看

是的我想我会打开一瓶你

最好的酒亲爱的孩子 你在做什么

我要在伦敦的迷雾中散散步

，站在塔桥上，

看着船在下面航行

恩内斯特真的笑了，

阿尔弗雷德，你真是个

多愁善感的人，

他们大约六点到了，哭了

，不得不等待

他们在拥挤的站台上等候的

时候，阿尔弗雷德看到了一个他认为他

认得的

人

按铃 不这么认为 伙计

可能是我的想象

但是阿尔弗雷德一直盯着

他 注意到他也上了去维也纳的火车

有一些可疑的地方

他穿得像个有钱人

但看起来像拳击手

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] 大约是凌晨 4 点 45 分

，当他们第一次尝试生命时，他们大约在去维也纳的一半

时，

欧内斯特睡得很熟

，打鼾声很大，以至于他

让阿尔弗雷德保持清醒

。他们小屋的门打开了，

让一条条 光线进入

阿尔弗雷德睁开眼睛一秒钟

，看到那个留着胡子的男人

手里拿着一根绳子

，显然是想

勒死他们。

还没睡着，

他决定

等到离双层床足够近的

时候抓住那人的

腿 打开灯，

看着躺在地板上的那个人，

显然已经死

了，看起来好像我救了你的命，阿尔弗雷德

老伙计，这是一件好事，我没有

你睡得那么深，

但我不怎么睡 好吧，

你是那个打鼾的人，我很

清醒 打鼾

是我真的

欧内斯特看着他的尸体，

我怕我把他的脖子摔断了

在接下来的两天里，我必须向警卫解释这条信息 没有发生任何异常

直到他们在巴黎

之外，他们的下一次生命尝试才开始

，

他们认识了另

一位名叫 wolf heinz 的德国乘客

他说他是一名鸟类学家

，正在前往英国研究

那里的鸟类的

途中，但他非常怀疑，

因为这种特定的鸟类

要再过两个月才能到达英国

，

这一切都发生在他们

喝茶和吃蛋糕的时候 在d ining car

她的 heinz 先到了，

已经点了

alfred 很高兴看到樱桃

蛋糕和茶在等着

我说毛地小伙子真好，

他们坐下来

，wolf 递给他们一个蛋糕，每个人都

认真地注意到他们闻起来有浓郁

的杏仁味，并怀疑 那只狼

在其中一些里面放了氰化物

而不是引起大惊小怪

他假装从

阿尔弗雷德手中

敲掉蛋糕非常抱歉老家伙我多么笨拙

老天看外面

那只鸟很不寻常它是什么

狼看着窗外 并

努力看那只鸟，

在这期间，欧内斯特把

蛋糕换成了沃尔夫盘子里的蛋糕，

然后他对阿尔弗雷德眨了眨眼，好让他

明白发生了什么事，

天哪，

当他转身时，它一定飞走了，

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特假装是

吃完 ernest 放进口袋里的蛋糕 可爱的蛋糕 狼加入并吃了他的蛋糕

在抵达巴黎时

他们看到一个空棺材到达

并离开 ha body in it

ernest 看着 alfred 和

可怜的 wolf 笑了笑

，他们看起来确实像很棒的

蛋糕

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当他们在沙龙十字下车时，

他们真的觉得他们的冒险

已经结束了，

但他们没有看到年轻人

进入 出租车跟在他们

后面一路跟着他们

突然一声枪响

阿尔弗雷德把欧内斯特推倒在地

一个人站在人行道上

用枪指着他们

欧内斯特很生气

我敢不敢

但我很期待一杯漂亮

的英语 茶 街上的那个人

看起来很生气

他的眼睛在他的脑海里疯狂地转动

你毁了我的父亲

你会为此付出代价的，

但是当他说完最后

一句话

时，欧内斯特已经拿出他的引流器，

直接射穿了他们奔跑的心脏

尸体现在躺在口袋里的血泊

中，

阿尔弗雷德找到了一本护照，上面写着尼古拉马戈尔斯基的名字，

这些外国家伙真是

热血沸腾，不是他们欧内斯特现在

更关心尸体吗？

e 我们将

在接下来的三个月里向警方解释这一点，

阿尔弗雷德和欧内斯特四处

张望，

但似乎尼古拉是

最后一个刺客，

来吧，举起你的

杯子 它与香槟

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以及德古拉的成功结束

更

公平 地球已经非常

好当然他们不相信

它，

但他们说即使作为一部

小说它也值得出版哦

干得好 老伙计

是的，我们将在 10 集中称其为真正的

德古拉伯爵

我不得不承认我会

发大财 我必须告诉你一个家伙

，你不是唯一

一个成功的人 我将

在英国蝙蝠

协会杂志上发表一篇关于吸血蝙蝠的文章，

我已经被预定整个夏天就这个主题进行演讲

哦，多么棒，

让我们为已故和现在的德古拉伯爵喝一杯，

我想知道发生了什么事 d 奥克托

可能拿了他的一种致命的魔药，

他已经没有什么可活的了

和欧内斯特，

我有一些好消息和一些坏

消息 坏消息是我的兄弟拉杜

死了，被埋

在德古拉墓地

的他父亲旁边 好消息是医生死了，

他被发现时所有的血都被

吸干了 他可怕的屁股

站在他的

身上，他以他应得

的方式死了，他杀死了他的

受害者另一个好消息是我要

结婚了

，希望你来参加我的婚礼

我要嫁给一个伯爵的女儿

krajova

我知道你可能无法

来，

但这会让我非常高兴，

因为我欠你一条命，更欠

你真正忠诚的朋友

伯爵鲁道夫·德古拉

很高兴知道一切都很好

我到底

怎么办婚礼那

让我们决定明天

再喝点香槟

几分钟后又有

敲门声

，阿尔弗雷德的仆人拿着

另一封信

进来了

是的，我相信

我不在这里那个创造

怪物的小伙子亲爱的阿尔弗雷德萨克维尔琼斯

发生了可怕的事情

有报道说，在瑞士的高山上看到了一个

看起来像我祖父创造的怪物的怪物家族

我 不知道这是否是谎言

，请你来调查一下

我听说你在德古拉伯爵方面取得了成功

，我希望你对弗兰肯斯坦的名字也这样做，

请尽快回复你的

阿尔伯特弗兰肯斯坦

，听起来不错 让我兴奋我们什么

时候离开 ernest ernest 老

男孩 我还没有从

吸血鬼事件中恢复过来哦，真是个破坏者 你

很好，我不会说不，

我会决定明天

来吧，让我们享受这杯香槟，然后

去塔桥散步，

我爱英国每年这个时候

你不是吗

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你