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Most people will wonder that she should not have gone out of her senses at once; but there was all the difference between a visit from a real vampire and a visit from a man she had begun to love, even although she took him for a vampire. All the difference does _not_ lie in a name. They were very different causes, and the effects must be very different. MOST PEOPLE WILL WONDER THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT OF HER SENSES AT ONCE BUT THERE WAS ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VISIT FROM A REAL VAMPIRE AND A VISIT FROM A MAN SHE HAD BEGUN TO LOVE EVEN ALTHOUGH SHE TOOK HIM FOR A VAMPIRE ALL THE DIFFERENCE DOES NOT LIE IN A NAME THEY WERE VERY DIFFERENT CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS MUST BE VERY DIFFERENT
epresented; but if in any sense it were Karl himself, at least it gave some expectation of a more prolonged existence than her father had taught her to look for; and if love anything like her mother’s still lasted, even along with the habits of a vampire, there was something to hope for in the future. And then, though he had visited her, he had not, as far as she was aware, deprived her of a drop of blood. She could not be certain that he had not bitten her, for she had been in such a strange condition of mind that she might not have felt it, but she believed that he had restrained the impulses of his vampire nature, and had left her, lest he should yet yield to them. She fell fast asleep; and, when morning came, there was not, as far as she could judge, one of those triangular leech-like perforations to be found upon her whole body. Will it be believed that the moment she was satisfied of this, she was seized by a terrible jealousy, lest Karl should have gone and bitten some one else? ALLY THE PERSON HE REPRESENTED BUT IF IN ANY SENSE IT WERE KARL HIMSELF AT LEAST IT GAVE SOME EXPECTATION OF A MORE PROLONGED EXISTENCE THAN HER FATHER HAD TAUGHT HER TO LOOK FOR AND IF LOVE ANYTHING LIKE HER MOTHER'S STILL LASTED EVEN ALONG WITH THE HABITS OF A VAMPIRE THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR IN THE FUTURE AND THEN THOUGH HE HAD VISITED HER HE HAD NOT AS FAR AS SHE WAS AWARE DEPRIVED HER OF A DROP OF BLOOD SHE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN THAT HE HAD NOT BITTEN HER FOR SHE HAD BEEN IN SUCH A STRANGE CONDITION OF MIND THAT SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE FELT IT BUT SHE BELIEVED THAT HE HAD RESTRAINED THE IMPULSES OF HIS VAMPIRE NATURE AND HAD LEFT HER LEST HE SHOULD YET YIELD TO THEM SHE FELL FAST ASLEEP AND WHEN MORNING CAME THERE WAS NOT AS FAR AS SHE COULD JUDGE ONE OF THOSE TRIANGULAR LEECH LIKE PERFORATIONS TO BE FOUND UPON HER WHOLE BODY WILL IT BE BELIEVED THAT THE MOMENT SHE WAS SATISFIED OF THIS SHE WAS SEIZED BY A TERRIBLE JEALOUSY LEST KARL SHOULD HAVE GONE AND BITTEN SOME ONE ELSE
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