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The bat, like a great bird.
It is an omen, Maria, an omen.
Yes, the dog howls.
Yes, yes, the crucifix.
Here comes Dr. Vickers.
I've been reading the obituary columns, Margot.
As a result, we're going to visit the home of a man who once had a very strange hobby.
The corpse, Margot, is Major Stevens, a noted explorer and zoologist.
Oh.
Yes.
If I tell you anything more, let me ask you a question.
Do you believe in vampires?
What?
Creatures with the power to leave the grave, transform themselves into bats, and draw from the flesh of the living blood to feed the bodies of the restless dead.
Quite.
I'm going on a curious mixture of theory and fact.
I've known about Stevens for years.
He led an expedition of five men into the mountains of Ecuador, came back alone...
The cage full of vampire bats, big ones.
For years he's been breeding them.