>>6144699>>6144690>>6144710>QUINCEY MORRIS, the American cowboy who dies in DraculaThere is a theory and aome analysis that suggests he is a hidden and unmentioned disciple of Dracula. It is very noticeable at the end of the novel how his death synchronises with the slaying of Dracula himself. In the famous blood transfusion scenes, where five men line up to er, um, inject their fluids into Lucy Westenra after she has been stricken by the vampiric sickness, each time she receives a transfusion Lucy seems to recover her vigour, but when American cowboy Quincey (the fifth and last man) offers her his blood, she dies.
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The voice came from the sofa across the room, and its tones brought relief and joy to my heart, for they were those of Quincey Morris.
Van Helsing started angrily at the first sound, but his face softened and a glad look came into his eyes as I cried out: ‘Quincey Morris!’ and rushed towards him with outstretched hands.
‘What brought you here?’ I cried as our hands met.
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‘I think I came just in the nick of time. You know you have only to tell me what to do.’
Van Helsing strode forward and took his hand, looking him straight in the eyes as he said:—‘A brave man’s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble. You’re a man, and no mistake. Well, the devil may work against us for all he’s worth, but God sends us men when we want them.’
Once again we went through that ghastly operation. I have not the heart to go through with the details. Lucy had got a terrible shock, and it told on her more than before, for though plenty of blood went into her veins, her body did not respond to the treatment as well as on the other occasions. Her struggle back into life was something frightful to see and hear. (...)
For fully five minutes Van Helsing stood looking at her, with his face at its sternest. Then he turned to me and said calmly:—‘She is dying. It will not be long now. It will be much difference, mark me, whether she dies conscious or in her sleep. Wake that poor boy, and let him come and see the last; he trusts us, and we have promised him.’
(...) In the hall I met Quincey Morris, with a telegram for Arthur telling him that Mrs Westenra was dead;
