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Possessed of vitality enough to keep it uncorrupted and pliant, its only instinct was a blind hunger for the sole food which could keep its awful life persistent  living human blood. POSSESSED OF VITALITY ENOUGH TO KEEP IT UNCORRUPTED AND PLIANT ITS ONLY INSTINCT WAS A BLIND HUNGER FOR THE SOLE FOOD WHICH COULD KEEP ITS AWFUL LIFE PERSISTENT LIVING HUMAN BLOOD
est doubt or investigation. Though Teufelsbürst brought home no more of the town talk, the old servant was a faithful purveyor, and frequented the news-mart assiduously. Indeed she had some nightmare experiences of her own that she was proud to add to the stock of horrors which the city enjoyed with such a hearty community of goods. For those regions were not far removed from the birthplace and home of the vampire. The belief in vampires is the quintessential concentration and embodiment of all the passion of fear in Hungary and the adjacent regions. Nor, of all the other inventions of the human imagination, has there ever been one so perfect in crawling terror as this. Lilith and Karl were quite familiar with the popular ideas on the subject. It did not require to be explained to them, that a vampire was a body retaining a kind of animal life after the soul had departed. If any relation existed between it and the vanished ghost, it was only sufficient to make it restless in its grave. HOUT THE SMALLEST DOUBT OR INVESTIGATION THOUGH TEUFELSBUERST BROUGHT HOME NO MORE OF THE TOWN TALK THE OLD SERVANT WAS A FAITHFUL PURVEYOR AND FREQUENTED THE NEWS MART ASSIDUOUSLY INDEED SHE HAD SOME NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCES OF HER OWN THAT SHE WAS PROUD TO ADD TO THE STOCK OF HORRORS WHICH THE CITY ENJOYED WITH SUCH A HEARTY COMMUNITY OF GOODS FOR THOSE REGIONS WERE NOT FAR REMOVED FROM THE BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF THE VAMPIRE THE BELIEF IN VAMPIRES IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL CONCENTRATION AND EMBODIMENT OF ALL THE PASSION OF FEAR IN HUNGARY AND THE ADJACENT REGIONS NOR OF ALL THE OTHER INVENTIONS OF THE HUMAN IMAGINATION HAS THERE EVER BEEN ONE SO PERFECT IN CRAWLING TERROR AS THIS LILITH AND KARL WERE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE POPULAR IDEAS ON THE SUBJECT IT DID NOT REQUIRE TO BE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT A VAMPIRE WAS A BODY RETAINING A KIND OF ANIMAL LIFE AFTER THE SOUL HAD DEPARTED IF ANY RELATION EXISTED BETWEEN IT AND THE VANISHED GHOST IT WAS ONLY SUFFICIENT TO MAKE IT RESTLESS IN ITS GRAVE
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