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Yet the evident fear of the unbelieving painter took a hold of his imagination; and, under the influence of the potions of which he still partook unwittingly, when he was not thinking about Lilith, he was thinking about the vampire. YET THE EVIDENT FEAR OF THE UNBELIEVING PAINTER TOOK HOLD OF HIS IMAGINATION AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE POTIONS OF WHICH HE STILL PARTOOK UNWITTINGLY WHEN HE WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT LILITH HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE VAMPIRE
asleep, towards whom it had an attraction, founded on old affection. It sucked the blood of this unhappy being, transferring so much of its life to itself as a vampire could assimilate. Death was the certain consequence. If suspicion conjectured aright, and they opened the proper grave, the body of the vampire would be found perfectly fresh and plump, sometimes indeed of rather florid complexion;--with grown hair, eyes half open, and the stains of recent blood about its greedy, leech-like lips. Nothing remained but to consume the corpse to ashes, upon which the vampire would show itself no more. But what added infinitely to the horror was the certainty that whoever died from the mouth of the vampire, wrinkled grandsire or delicate maiden, must in turn rise from the grave, and go forth a vampire, to suck the blood of the dearest left behind. This was the generation of the vampire brood. Lilith trembled at the very name of the creature. Karl was too much in love to be afraid of anything.  ABOUT TILL IT FOUND ONE ASLEEP TOWARDS WHOM IT HAD AN ATTRACTION FOUNDED ON OLD AFFECTION IT SUCKED THE BLOOD OF THIS UNHAPPY BEING TRANSFERRING SO MUCH OF ITS LIFE TO ITSELF AS A VAMPIRE COULD ASSIMILATE DEATH WAS THE CERTAIN CONSEQUENCE IF SUSPICION CONJECTURED ARIGHT AND THEY OPENED THE PROPER GRAVE THE BODY OF THE VAMPIRE WOULD BE FOUND PERFECTLY FRESH AND PLUMP SOMETIMES INDEED OF RATHER FLORID COMPLEXION WITH GROWN HAIR EYES HALF OPEN AND THE STAINS OF RECENT BLOOD ABOUT ITS GREEDY LEECH LIKE LIPS NOTHING REMAINED BUT TO CONSUME THE CORPSE TO ASHES UPON WHICH THE VAMPIRE WOULD SHOW ITSELF NO MORE BUT WHAT ADDED INFINITELY TO THE HORROR WAS THE CERTAINTY THAT WHOEVER DIED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE VAMPIRE WRINKLED GRANDSIRE OR DELICATE MAIDEN MUST IN TURN RISE FROM THE GRAVE AND GO FORTH A VAMPIRE TO SUCK THE BLOOD OF THE DEAREST LEFT BEHIND THIS WAS THE GENERATION OF THE VAMPIRE BROOD LILITH TREMBLED AT THE VERY NAME OF THE CREATURE KARL WAS TOO MUCH IN LOVE TO BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING
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