“THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST”

—  Bram Stoker , book Dracula's Guest

Inscription found on the tomb of Countess Dolingen of Gratz by Jonathan Harker
Dracula's Guest (1914)
Variant: For the dead travel fast.

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