Hustling for money, she poses for lewd photographs commissioned by hedonistic Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney). Brona, whose name means “sadness” in Gaelic, is afflicted with tuberculosis. Sharing his drink without permission is Brona Croft (Billie Piper), an Irish immigrant with a lively personality but troubled past. Shaky from a hangover, he nevertheless buys a bottle of whiskey for breakfast. Still recovering from a harrowing battle with vampires is American sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett), whose Wild West show just left town without him. After all, who wants to know they are hunted by the devil?” “This is a spell foretelling the annihilation of man and the coming of the beast,” Ferdinand breathlessly exclaims. “You must forget you ever saw it,” he urges Malcolm, referring to the image of a demon conjoining with a tormented goddess who is “not unlike your Missus Ives.” The reason Malcolm and Vanessa attended the party was to learn more about hieroglyphics discovered under the exoskeleton of a slain monster.įerdinand, an Egyptologist with the British Museum, is shocked by what he views under a magnifying glass. “But if one is to engage with the primordial forces of darkness,” Ferdinand adds, “one must expect a bit of social awkwardness.” And Ferdinand’s wife was mortified, “although the gin helped.” Dilettantes were outraged at the turn of events.
“I’m not asking her back,” flamboyant party host Sir Ferdinand Lyle (Simon Russell Beale) informs Malcolm.
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