The castle appeared innocuous enough in the warm afternoon sun, and all seemed normal but for one thing: there were no birds singing.

— Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen)

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8 seconds sound clip from the Horror of Dracula (1958) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:00.960 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- The Diary of Jonathan Harker. Third Of May, 1885.

- At last my long journey is drawing to its close. What the eventual end will be, I cannot foresee. But whatever may happen, I can rest secure that I will have done all in my power to achieve success.

- The last lap of my journey from the village of Klausenburg proved to be more difficult than I had anticipated due to the reluctance on the part of the coach driver to take me all the way.

- However, as there was no other transport available, I was forced to travel the last few kilometers on foot before arriving at Castle Dracula.

- The castle appeared innocuous enough in the warm afternoon sun, and all seemed normal but for one thing: there were no birds singing.

- As I crossed the wooden bridge and entered the gateway, it suddenly seemed to become much colder due, no doubt, to the icy waters of the mountain torrent I had just crossed.

- However, I deemed myself lucky to have secured this post and did not intend to falter in my purpose.

- I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in.

- My name's Jonathan Harker. I'm the new librarian.

- You will help me, won't you? Say you will, please!

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