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Conclusion
IntheparticularinstanceofwhichIhavegivenyouarelation,Mircallaseemedtobelimitedtoanamewhich,ifnotherrealone,shouldatleastreproduce,withouttheomissionoradditionofasingleletter,those,aswesay,anagrammatically,whichcomposeit.
Carmilladidthis;sodidMillarca.
MyfatherrelatedtotheBaronVordenburg,whoremainedwithusfortwoorthreeweeksaftertheexpulsionofCarmilla,thestoryabouttheMoraviannoblemanandthevampireatKarnsteinchurchyard,andthenheaskedtheBaronhowhehaddiscoveredtheexactpositionofthelong-concealedtomboftheCountessMircalla?TheBaron’sgrotesquefeaturespuckeredupintoamysterioussmile;helookeddown,stillsmilingonhiswornspectaclecaseandfumbledwithit.Thenlookingup,hesaid:
"Ihavemanyjournals,andotherpapers,writtenbythatremarkableman;themostcuriousamongthemisonetreatingofthevisitofwhichyouspeak,toKarnstein.Thetradition,ofcourse,discolorsanddistortsalittle.HemighthavebeentermedaMoraviannobleman,forhehadchangedhisabodetothatterritory,andwas,beside,anoble.Buthewas,intruth,anativeofUpperStyria.ItisenoughtosaythatinveryearlyyouthhehadbeenapassionateandfavoredloverofthebeautifulMircalla,CountessKarnstein.Herearlydeathplungedhimintoinconsolablegrief.Itisthenatureofvampirestoincreaseandmultiply,butaccordingtoanascertainedandghostlylaw.
"Assume,atstarting,aterritoryperfectlyfreefromthatpest.
