"Lucy's Illness" Coda: 20 September

"Lucy's Illness" coda: 20 September

"And now I have told you my news, let me ask yours. When are you to be married, and where, and who is to perform the ceremony, and what are you to wear, and is it to be a public or private wedding? Tell me all about it, dear; tell me all about everything, for there is nothing which interests you which will not be dear to me."

I know we saw Mina's letters a few days ago, but we didn't know the full story of what happened until today. Is there a more devastating phrase in Dracula than the words unopened by her? That could be up for debate, but truly, reading them for the first time last year absolutely gutted me. Farewell, sweet Lucy, from everyone who loved you with all the moods and tenses of the verb.

As always, full view recommended, with a couple of close-ups under the cut.

[Part 1] | [Part 2] | [Part 3] | [Part 4]

This is the final part of this series… for now, though I would love to draw some more excerpts from my alternate ballet version of Dracula someday!

References used for the costuming and poses. Clipart dedicated to the public domain under CC0 modified and utilized for the corner embellishments.