Кармілла
Conclusion
Howdoesitbegin,andhowdoesitmultiplyitself?Iwilltellyou.Aperson,moreorlesswicked,putsanendtohimself.Asuicide,undercertaincircumstances,becomesavampire.Thatspectervisitslivingpeopleintheirslumbers;theydie,andalmostinvariably,inthegrave,developintovampires.ThishappenedinthecaseofthebeautifulMircalla,whowashauntedbyoneofthosedemons.Myancestor,Vordenburg,whosetitleIstillbear,soondiscoveredthis,andinthecourseofthestudiestowhichhedevotedhimself,learnedagreatdealmore.
"Amongotherthings,heconcludedthatsuspicionofvampirismwouldprobablyfall,soonerorlater,uponthedeadCountess,whoinlifehadbeenhisidol.Heconceivedahorror,beshewhatshemight,ofherremainsbeingprofanedbytheoutrageofaposthumousexecution.Hehasleftacuriouspapertoprovethatthevampire,onitsexpulsionfromitsamphibiousexistence,isprojectedintoafarmorehorriblelife;andheresolvedtosavehisoncebelovedMircallafromthis.
"Headoptedthestratagemofajourneyhere,apretendedremovalofherremains,andarealobliterationofhermonument.Whenagehadstolenuponhim,andfromthevaleofyears,helookedbackonthesceneshewasleaving,heconsidered,inadifferentspirit,whathehaddone,andahorrortookpossessionofhim.Hemadethetracingsandnoteswhichhaveguidedmetotheveryspot,anddrewupaconfessionofthedeceptionthathehadpracticed
