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Chapter 26

           Weenteredthehouse,anddined—Sibylkeepingupaperfectfireofconversation,towhichIrepliedinmeremonosyllables—andafterdinnerwewentasusualtositintheilluminatedgardensoftheadjacenthotel,andheartheband.Sibylwasknown,anduniversallyadmiredandflatteredbymanyofthepeoplestayingthere——and,asshemovedaboutamongheracquaintances,chattingfirstwithonegroupandthenwithanother,Isatinmoodysilence,watchingherwithincreasingwondermentandhorror.Herbeautyseemedtomelikethebeautyofthepoison-flower,which,brilliantincolourandperfectinshape,exhalesdeathtothosewhopluckitfromitsstem.Andthatnight,whenIheldherinmyarms,andfeltherheartbeatingagainstmyowninthedarkness,anawfuldreadaroseinme—adreadastowhetherImightnotatsometimeorotherbetemptedtostrangleherasshelayonmybreast——strangleherasonewouldstrangleavampirethatsuckedone’sbloodandstrengthaway!

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