Before we get into DC's script's earlier version of Scene 63 (yes, there are two versions of the scene in his script), here's the original draft's version of Julia and the sheriff discussing Daphne:
INT. DRAWING ROOM - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT CLOSE UP - DAPHNE
Her eyes are half closed. CAMERA PULLS BACK. SHERIFF PATTERSON leans over her. Julia watches.
SHERIFF Surely you remember something, Miss Budd?
Daphne begins to cry, shaking her head that she doesn't.
JULIA Wait until tomorrow, Sheriff.
He looks at Julia, sighs, moves to the door. She follows. CAMERA TRUCKS them.
SHERIFF You're taking her to the hospital?
Julia nods.
SHERIFF What do you think, Doctor?
JULIA What I think will be determined by tests at the hospital.
SHERIFF But what kind of an animal would attack...?
JULIA (interrupting) The marks are not unlike those of a bat.
He looks at her.
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One thing that's interesting is that the novelization is almost identical to the original draft - it uses all the exact same dialogue - but in the novel the scene is set in Julia's bedroom (as it is in subsequent versions), not in the drawing room. It's also interesting that in this version the sheriff tries to question Daphne, whereas she's unconscious in the other versions.
And another thing that's interesting, and is something I alluded to in an earlier post, is that Julia's line -
JULIA (interrupting) The marks are not unlike those of a bat.
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- appears on the Fest's 1999 Movie Calendar as the entry for January 22nd. Presumably that could indicate that the novelization and the 1999 Movie Calendar used the same intermediate version of the script...