Dr. Moreau Well, Mr. Douglas, very good of you to join us. Please tell me, is the Devil still pursuing you?
[Moreau and Montgomery chuckle]
Well, perhaps you could explain to me what you mean by the Devil? You seem to be on terms with him.
Dr. Moreau Well, permit me, Mr. Douglas, to tell you something of the Devil as I've come to know him. The Devil is that element in human nature that impels us to destroy and debase.
And what are you about upon this island but destruction and debasement?
Dr. Moreau Oh well, I can tell you very plainly...
Dr. Moreau [Majai interrupts by putting his foot on the dinner table to which Dr.Moreau reacts]
No please, don't do that.
Dr. Moreau [Majai removes foot from table]
For seventeen years, I have been striving to create... some measure of refinement in the human species, you see. And it is here, on this very island, that I sir, have found the very essence of the Devil.
Dr. Moreau I have seen the Devil, in my microscope, and I have chained him, and I suppose you could say in a sense metaphorically speaking, I have cut him to pieces. The Devil, Mr. Douglas, I've found is nothing more than a tiresome collection of genes, and it is with great assurance that I can tell you, that Lucifer, Son of the Morning, is no more.
Dr. Moreau Mr. Douglas, first of all, for the sake of propriety, I'd like to present my children.
W Waggdi
[stands]
Hello, I am Waggdi. [sits back down]
Azazello [stands]
How do you do, sir. I'm Azazello. [sits back down]
M'Ling [stands]
My name is M'Ling. [sits back down]
Dr. Moreau You've already met my beautiful daughter Aissa. Majai do present yourself, please.
Dr. Moreau [Majai gets up from his seat, walks over to Edward, and holds out his hand]
He means you no harm, Mr. Douglas. He's just trying to be polite. He just wants to shake your hand.
Dr. Moreau [Edward shakes Majai's hand. Majai goes back to his seat] [to Edward]
Thank you.
This is the most... outrageous spectacle I have ever witnessed. Look at yourself!
Dr. Moreau I understand that I must be shocking to you. However, I must also point out, that I have an allergy to the sun, and that's why I've put this medication on.
Look at these people! [pause. Pointing to Majai] Look at him!
Dr. Moreau Mr. Douglas. I don't think that I have the intellectual ability to condense seventeen years of study and experiment into... seventeen minutes of explanation. For the moment, you will have to suffice to say that the... people that you witness before, living under my care and protection, are animals that have been fused with human genes. In the corse of a series of scientific studies designed by myself.
Well, has it ever accord to you, you might have totally lost your mind? I mean, this is just satanic.
Dr. Moreau Judge not, Mr. Douglas, that ye be not judge. For by these judgements, shall ye also be judge, and let he who have not sin cast the first stone.
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Tell me. Why you make the pain, if we are your children?
Dr. Moreau Uh... you see, you are my children, but law is necessary.
If there is no more pain. [looks at his other associates, turns back to Moreau] Then is there no more law, hm?
Dr. Moreau There is always law.
