{See important transcriber’s notes at the end.} VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE: OR, THE FEAST OF BLOOD. =A Romance.= “Art thou a spirit of health or goblin damned?” —————————— LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. LLOYD, 12, SALISBURY SQUARE, FLEET-STREET. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. MIDNIGHT.—THE HAIL-STORM.—THE DREADFUL VISITOR.—THE VAMPYRE. II. THE ALARM.—THE PISTOL SHOT.—THE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. III. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.—FLORA’S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.—THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY. IV. THE MORNING.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE FEARFUL SUGGESTION. V. THE NIGHT WATCH.—THE PROPOSAL.—THE MOONLIGHT.—THE FEARFUL ADVENTURE. VI. A GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.—THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MYSTERIOUS APPARITION’S APPEARANCE. VII. THE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.—THE MYSTERY. VIII. THE COFFIN.—THE ABSENCE OF THE DEAD.—THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE CONSTERNATION OF GEORGE. IX. THE OCCURRENCES OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.—THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE VAMPYRE, AND THE PISTOL-SHOT. X. THE RETURN FROM THE VAULT.—THE ALARM, AND THE SEARCH AROUND THE HALL. XI. THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LOVER.—THE HEART’S DESPAIR. XII. CHARLES HOLLAND’S SAD FEELINGS.—THE PORTRAIT.—THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL. XIII. THE OFFER FOR THE HALL.—THE VISIT TO SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—THE STRANGE RESEMBLANCE.—A DREADFUL SUGGESTION. XIV. HENRY’S AGREEMENT WITH SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL AT THE HALL.—FLORA’S ALARM. XV. THE OLD ADMIRAL AND HIS SERVANT.—THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE LANDLORD OF THE NELSON’S ARMS. XVI. THE MEETING OF THE LOVERS IN THE GARDEN.—AN AFFECTING SCENE.—THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY. XVII. THE EXPLANATION.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADMIRAL AT THE HOUSE.—A SCENE OF CONFUSION, AND SOME OF ITS RESULTS. XVIII. THE ADMIRAL’S ADVICE.—THE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.—THE NEW SERVANT AT THE HALL. XIX. FLORA IN HER CHAMBER.—HER FEARS.—THE MANUSCRIPT.—AN ADVENTURE. XX. THE DREADFUL MISTAKE.—THE TERRIFIC INTERVIEW IN THE CHAMBER.—THE ATTACK OF THE VAMPYRE. XXI. THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW, AND THE ALARM. XXII. THE CONSULTATION.—THE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE HALL. XXIII. THE ADMIRAL’S ADVICE TO CHARLES HOLLAND.—THE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.