[Neville]
Sir I don't much like your tone, that supercilious sneer you wear!
Clear, you wear a finer cut than mine
Ah but a waistcoat worn can soon be torn
A weed like you. Should bleed your blood so blue

[Rosa]
Something in this speech seems ominous to me!

[Helena]
Twin, don't over preach, pray promise this to me!

[Crisparkle]
Praise to him divine! For this we should be glad!

[Jasper]
Won't you try some wine?

[All]
No good can come from bad!

[Jasper]
My dearest Nephew Ned, I wish to wish you well!
The world is your before you just like -

[Cook]
OYSTERS ON THE SHELL!
[Drood]
Landless, (as you are and known)
Your blood is hot but less than pure!
Less, I'm sure, than we, your history would indicate
The past of some half-caste runs through your veins
Your crudeness thus explains

[Rosa]
Something sends a chill like feet upon my grave

[Helena]
Can my strength and will completely Neville save?

[Crisparkle]
Could these words they say bring harm upon the lad?

Jasper:
Night must follow day!

[All]
No good can come from bad!

[Jasper]
My dearest, deepest friends, may
I propose a toast;
To Rosa Bud and Edwin Drood, three cheers -
[Cook]
AND HERE'S THE ROAST!

[Crisparkle]
How very blessed we are when oh so many starve!
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done -

[Jasper]
WHICH ONE OF YOU WILL CARVE?

[Neville & Drood]
Glances cut like blade through bone;
With daggers drawn I glare at you
There at you who dare presume to stare at whom
I'd make my wife and share my life -
I'd see you dead before sweet Rosa wed

[Helena]
Fate waits near!
I feel it, I fear it!
We are friends and yet they'll not soon forget
Hearing Neville's threat, every epithet!

[Crisparkle]
In younger days, I hungered for another:
Rosa's mother!
After Rosa's birth, she left this earth
Now dust is all I'm worth!
[Rosa]
So long a time, they've thought that I'm a Dresden doll
Quite naive, but I perceive these boys
This noise more fright'ning
Than they might conceive

[Jasper]
As I stand by, take note:
Your throat sounds quite dry, this wine
Should satisfy!

[All]
With these new additions, there may be revealed
Murderous admissions otherwise concealed

[Neville & Drood]
Fie on you, I curse!!! Full warning you
Have had!

[Helena & Rosa]
Bad must lead to worse

[All]
No good can come from bad! No good -
No good can come from bad!