Do you mean to tell me that Lucy was bitten by such a bat, in London in the nineteenth century?

Do you mean to tell me that Lucy was bitten by such a bat, and that such a thing is here in London in the nineteenth century?

– Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 14. An incredulous Dr. John Seward to Van Helsing. He cannot seem to believe that there could be vampire bats in modern, 19th century London.

Bram Stoker Quotes