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Chapter XXV

           Iknownotwhatdressshehadon:itwaswhiteandstraight;butwhethergown,sheet,orshroud,Icannottell." 

           "Didyouseeherface?" 

           "Notatfirst.Butpresentlyshetookmyveilfromitsplace;shehelditup,gazedatitlong,andthenshethrewitoverherownhead,andturnedtothemirror. AtthatmomentIsawthereflectionofthevisageandfeaturesquitedistinctlyinthedarkoblongglass." 

           "Andhowwerethey?" 

           "Fearfulandghastlytome—oh,sir,Ineversawafacelikeit!Itwasadiscolouredface—itwasasavageface. IwishIcouldforgettherolloftheredeyesandthefearfulblackenedinflationofthelineaments!" 

           "Ghostsareusuallypale,Jane." 

           "This,sir,waspurple:thelipswereswelledanddark;thebrowfurrowed:theblackeyebrowswidelyraisedoverthebloodshoteyes.ShallItellyouofwhatitremindedme?" 

           "Youmay." 

           "OfthefoulGermanspectre—theVampyre." 

           "Ah!—whatdiditdo?" 

           "Sir,itremovedmyveilfromitsgaunthead,rentitintwoparts,andflingingbothonthefloor,trampledonthem." 

           "Afterwards?" 

           "Itdrewasidethewindow-curtainandlookedout;perhapsitsawdawnapproaching,for,takingthecandle,itretreatedtothedoor. Justatmybedside,thefigurestopped:thefieryeyesglareduponme—shethrustuphercandleclosetomyface,andextinguisheditundermyeyes. Iwasawareherluridvisageflamedovermine,andIlostconsciousness:forthesecondtimeinmylife—onlythesecondtime—Ibecameinsensiblefromterror. 

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