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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. 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
 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. 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. Hence it, or, if not it, a sort of semi-material exhalation or essence of it, retaining its form and material relations, crept from its tomb, and went roaming about till it found some 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. 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 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 HENCE IT OR IF NOT IT A SORT OF SEMI MATERIAL EXHALATION OR ESSENCE OF IT RETAINING ITS FORM AND MATERIAL RELATIONS CREPT FROM ITS TOMB AND WENT ROAMING 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
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