The walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter as though the dead were there.
11 seconds sound clip from the Dracula (1931) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Oh, it'll be a relief to see light in those dismal old windows.
- You'll excuse me, I'm wanted on the telephone.
- The Abbey could be very attractive, but I should imagine it would need quite extensive repairs.
- The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast about lofty timbers.
- The walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter as though the dead were there.
- But there's more, even nicer.
- Pass a cup to the dead already, a round for the next to die...
- Oh, never mind the rest, dear.
- To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.
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