Chapter I: Front Matter

{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?”

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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.

XXIV. THE LETTER TO CHARLES.—THE QUARREL.—THE ADMIRAL’S
NARRATIVE.—THE MIDNIGHT MEETING.

XXV. THE ADMIRAL’S OPINION.—THE REQUEST OF CHARLES.

XXVI. THE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT IN THE PARK.—THE TURRET
WINDOW IN THE HALL.—THE LETTERS.

XXVII. THE NOBLE CONFIDENCE OF FLORA BANNERWORTH IN HER
LOVER.—HER OPINION OF THE THREE LETTERS.—THE
ADMIRAL’S ADMIRATION.

XXVIII. MR. MARCHDALE’S EXCULPATION OF HIMSELF.—THE SEARCH
THROUGH THE GARDENS.—THE SPOT OF THE DEADLY
STRUGGLE.—THE MYSTERIOUS PAPER.

XXIX. A PEEP THROUGH AN IRON GRATING.—THE LONELY PRISONER IN
HIS DUNGEON.—THE MYSTERY.

XXX. THE VISIT OF FLORA TO THE VAMPYRE.—THE OFFER.—THE
SOLEMN ASSEVERATION.

XXXI. SIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND HIS MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.—THE
STRANGE CONFERENCE.

XXXII. THE THOUSAND POUNDS.—THE STRANGER’S PRECAUTIONS.

XXXIII. THE STRANGE INTERVIEW.—THE CHASE THROUGH THE HALL.

XXXIV. THE THREAT.—ITS CONSEQUENCES.—THE RESCUE, AND SIR
FRANCIS VARNEY’S DANGER.

XXXV. THE EXPLANATION.—MARCHDALE’S ADVICE.—THE PROJECTED
REMOVAL, AND THE ADMIRAL’S ANGER.

XXXVI. THE CONSULTATION.—THE DUEL AND ITS RESULTS.

XXXVII. SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S SEPARATE OPPONENTS.—THE
INTERPOSITION OF FLORA.

XXXVIII. MARCHDALE’S OFFER.—THE CONSULTATION AT BANNERWORTH
HALL.—THE MORNING OF THE DUEL.

XXXIX. THE STORM AND THE FIGHT.-THE ADMIRAL’S REPUDIATION OF
HIS PRINCIPAL.

XL. THE POPULAR RIOT.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S DANGER.—THE
SUGGESTION AND ITS RESULTS.

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XLII. {Number skipped}

XLIII. {Number skipped}

XLIV. VARNEY’S DANGER, AND HIS RESCUE.—THE PRISONER AGAIN,
AND THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULT.

XLV. THE OPEN GRAVES.—THE DEAD BODIES.—A SCENE OF TERROR.

XLVI. THE PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING BANNERWORTH HALL, AND THE
MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL AND MR. CHILLINGWORTH.

XLVII. THE REMOVAL FROM THE HALL.—THE NIGHT WATCH, AND THE
ALARM.

XLVIII. THE STAKE AND THE DEAD BODY.

XLIX. THE MOB’S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S.—THE ATTEMPT
TO GAIN ADMISSION.

L. THE MOB’S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S.—THE ATTEMPT
TO GAIN ADMISSION.

LI. THE ATTACK UPON THE VAMPYRE’S HOUSE.—THE STORY OF THE
ATTACK.—THE FORCING OF THE DOORS, AND THE STRUGGLE.

LII. THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE MOB AND SIR FRANCIS
VARNEY.—THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—THE WINE
CELLARS.

LIII. THE DESTRUCTION OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S HOUSE BY
FIRE.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY, AND A SECOND MOB.

LIV. THE BURNING OF VARNEY’S HOUSE.—A NIGHT SCENE.—POPULAR
SUPERSTITION.

LV. THE RETURN OF THE MOB AND MILITARY TO THE TOWN.—THE
MADNESS OF THE MOB.—THE GROCER’S REVENGE.

LVI. THE DEPARTURE OF THE BANNERWORTHS FROM THE HALL.—THE
NEW ABODE.—JACK PRINGLE, PILOT.

LVII. THE LONELY WATCH, AND THE ADVENTURE IN THE DESERTED
HOUSE.

LVIII. THE ARRIVAL OF JACK PRINGLE.—MIDNIGHT AND THE
VAMPYRE.—THE MYSTERIOUS HAT.

LIX. THE WARNING.—THE NEW PLAN OF OPERATION.—THE INSULTING
MESSAGE FROM VARNEY.

LX. THE INTERRUPTED BREAKFAST AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY’S.

LXI. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.—THE PARTICULARS OF THE
SUICIDE AT BANNERWORTH HALL.

LXII. THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING IN THE RUIN AGAIN.—THE
VAMPYRE’S ATTACK UPON THE CONSTABLE.

LXIII. THE GUESTS AT THE INN, AND THE STORY OF THE DEAD UNCLE.

LXIV. THE VAMPIRE IN THE MOONLIGHT.—THE FALSE FRIEND.

LXV. VARNEY’S VISIT TO THE DUNGEON OF THE LONELY PRISONER IN
THE RUINS.

LXVI. FLORA BANNERWORTH’S APPARENT INCONSISTENCY.—THE ADMIRAL’S
CIRCUMSTANCES AND ADVICE.—MR. CHILLINGWORTH’S MYSTERIOUS
ABSENCE.

LXVII. THE ADMIRAL’S STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL BELINDA.

LXVIII. MARCHDALE’S ATTEMPTED VILLANY, AND THE RESULT.

LXIX. FLORA BANNERWORTH AND HER MOTHER.—THE EPISODE OF
CHIVALRY.

LXX. THE FUNERAL OF THE STRANGER OF THE INN.—THE POPULAR
COMMOTION, AND MRS. CHILLINGWORTH’S APPEAL TO THE
MOB.—THE NEW RIOT.—THE HALL IN DANGER.

LXXI. THE STRANGE MEETING AT THE HALL BETWEEN MR.
CHILLINGWORTH AND THE MYSTERIOUS FRIEND OF VARNEY.

LXXII. THE STRANGE STORY.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOB AT THE HALL,
AND THEIR DISPERSION.

LXXIII. THE VISIT OF THE VAMPIRE.—THE GENERAL MEETING.

LXXIV. THE MEETING OF CHARLES AND FLORA.

LXXV. MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS, AND THE VISIT TO THE RUINS.

LXXVI. THE SECOND NIGHT-WATCH OF MR. CHILLINGWORTH AT THE HALL.

LXXVII. VARNEY IN THE GARDEN.—THE COMMUNICATION OF DR.
CHILLINGWORTH TO THE ADMIRAL AND HENRY.

LXXVIII. THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN VARNEY AND THE EXECUTIONER IN
THE HALL.—THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

LXXIX. THE VAMPYRE’S DANGER.—THE LAST REFUGE.—THE RUSE OF
HENRY BANNERWORTH.

LXXX. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF MARCHDALE IN THE RUINS BY
THE MOB.—THE BURNING OF THE CORPSE.—THE MURDER OF THE
HANGMAN.

LXXXI. THE VAMPYRE’S FLIGHT.—HIS DANGER, AND THE LAST PLACE
OF REFUGE.

LXXXII. CHARLES HOLLAND’S PURSUIT OF THE VAMPYRE.—THE
DANGEROUS INTERVIEW.

LXXXIII. THE MYSTERIOUS ARRIVAL AT THE INN.—THE HUNGARIAN
NOBLEMAN.—THE LETTER TO VARNEY.

LXXXIV. THE EXCITED POPULACE.—VARNEY HUNTED.—THE PLACE OF
REFUGE.

LXXXV. THE HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN GETS INTO DANGER.—HE IS FIRED
AT, AND SHOWS SOME OF HIS QUALITY.

LXXXVI. THE DISCOVERY OF THE POCKET BOOK OF MARMADUKE
BANNERWORTH.—ITS MYSTERIOUS CONTENTS.

LXXXVII. THE HUNT FOR VARNEY.—THE HOUSE-TOPS.—THE MIRACULOUS
ESCAPE.—THE LAST PLACE OF REFUGE.—THE COTTAGE.

LXXXVIII. THE RECEPTION OF THE VAMPYRE BY FLORA.—VARNEY SUBDUED.

LXXXIX. TELLS WHAT BECAME OF THE SECOND VAMPYRE WHO SOUGHT
VARNEY.

XC. DR. CHILLINGWORTH AT THE HALL.—THE ENCOUNTER OF
MYSTERY.—THE CONFLICT.—THE RESCUE, AND THE PICTURE.

XCI. THE GRAND CONSULTATION BROKEN UP BY MRS. CHILLINGWORTH,
AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VARNEY.

XCII. THE MISADVENTURE OF THE DOCTOR WITH THE PICTURE.

XCIII. THE ALARM AT ANDERBURY.—THE SUSPICIONS OF THE
BANNERWORTH FAMILY, AND THE MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION.

XCIV. THE VISITOR, AND THE DEATH IN THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE.

XCV. THE MARRIAGE IN THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY ARRANGED.

XCVI. THE BARON TAKES ANDERBURY HOUSE, AND DECIDES UPON
GIVING A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT.

XCVII. THE ADMIRAL’S PREPARATIONS, AND THE VISIT TO DEARBROOK.

XCVIII. THE INTERVIEW WITH THE QUAKER AT DEARBROOK.

XCIX. THE BARON BECOMES MASTER OF ANDERBURY-ON-THE-MOUNT, AND
BEGINS TO CONGRATULATE HIMSELF.—THE DREAM.

C. MR. LEEK SPECULATES UPON THE BARON’S MATRIMONIAL
INTENTIONS.

CI. THE GRAND ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY THE BARON AT ANDERBURY
HOUSE, AND HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

CII. THE WEDDING FEAST.—THE ADMIRAL’S DISAPPOINTMENT.

CIII. DR. CHILLINGWORTH MAKES URGENT INQUIRIES FOR THE VAMPYRE;
AND THE LAWYER GIVES SOME ADVICE CONCERNING THE QUAKER.

CIV. THE BONE-HOUSE OF THE CHURCHYARD OF ANDERBURY.—THE
RESUSCITATION.—THE FIGHT, AND THE ESCAPE OF THE
DEAD.—THE BOAT, AND THE VAIN PURSUIT.

CV. THE BARON PROPOSES FOR HELEN WILLIAMS, AND IS DULY
ACCEPTED, WITH A COMPLIMENT ON HIS BEAUTY.

CVI. THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE BARON’S MARRIAGE.—THE YOUNG
LOVER, AND THE REMONSTRANCE.

CVII. THE YOUNG SAILOR SAVED BY JACK PRINGLE TURNS OUT TO BE AN
IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.

CVIII. THE DECISION AGAINST THE DOCTOR, AND MORE NEWS OF VARNEY,
THE VAMPYRE.

CIX. THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE WEDDING OF THE BARON STOLMUYER
OF SALTZBURGH.

CX. JACK PRINGLE CALLS UPON MRS. WILLIAMS, AND TELLS HER A
PIECE OF HIS MIND UPON AFFAIRS IN GENERAL.

CXI. THE WEDDING-DAY FIXED, AND THE GUESTS INVITED.

CXII. THE SINGULAR INVITATION TO THE BARON’S WEDDING.

CXIII. JAMES ANDERSON SEEKS AND OBTAINS AN INTERVIEW WITH MRS.
WILLIAMS.

CXIV. MRS. WILLIAMS’S MANŒUVRE TO GET RID OF ANDERSON.

CXV. THE RETURN OF THE RESUSCITATED MAN, AND THE ROBBERY AT
ANDERBURY HOUSE.

CXVI. JACK PRINGLE FALLS IN LOVE, AND HAS RATHER AN UNHAPPY
ADVENTURE WITH A BOLD DRAGOON.

CXVII. THE PROPOSAL OF JACK PRINGLE TO TAKE ANDERSON TO THE
WEDDING.

CXVIII. THE BARON’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE MARRIAGE, AND THE
WEDDING MORNING.

CXIX. A RATHER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE AT THE BARON’S WEDDING.

CXX. THE HUNT FOR THE VAMPYRE IN THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE.

CXXI. THE DEATH OF THE INQUISITIVE GUEST.—THE ESCAPE OF SIR
FRANCIS VARNEY.

CXXII. MRS. WILLIAMS VISITS THE BANNERWORTHS AT THE INN.—THE
MARRIAGE OF JAMES ANDERSON WITH HELEN.

CXXIII. MRS. WILLIAMS TAKES THE INITIATIVE, AND NEARLY CATCHES AN
ADMIRAL.

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CXXVI. THE ADMIRAL IN A BREEZE.—A GENERAL COMMOTION, AND JACK
PRINGLE MUCH WANTED, BUT NOT TO BE FOUND.

CXXVII. A CHANGE OF SCENE AND CIRCUMSTANCES.—AN EVENT IN LONDON.

CXXVIII. THE NEW LODGER.—A NIGHT ALARM.—A MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCE.

CXXIX. THE UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT.—MR. SMITH’S DISAPPOINTMENT,
AND THE TESTIMONY OF MRS. MEREDITH.

CXXX. A BREAKFAST SCENE.—A MATCH-MAKING MOTHER.

CXXXI. MRS. MEREDITH’S FRIEND.—EXCHANGE OF SERVICES, AND
COMPACT.

CXXXII. THE EXPLANATION, AND THE PROPOSAL.—A TETE-A-TETE.

CXXXIII. MRS. MEREDITH’S CONSULTATION WITH MR. TWISSEL, AND HER
RESOLVE.

CXXXIV. THE INTRODUCTION.—THE ATTORNEY’S FIRST FEELER.

CXXXV. MR. TWISSEL’S MISADVENTURES.—THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING
FOUND IN THE BANK WITHOUT GIVING A SATISFACTORY ACCOUNT
OF YOUR BUSINESS THERE.—AN UNPLEASANT DILEMMA.

CXXXVI. AN EVENING WITH COLONEL DEVERILL.—THE STRATAGEM OF MRS.
MEREDITH.

CXXXVII. THE DIFFICULTIES TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN THE CHOICE OF A
BRIDESMAID.

CXXXVIII. MR. TWISSEL’S MISFORTUNES, AND HIS RESOLUTION NEVER TO
GIVE IN.

CXXXIX. MRS. MEREDITH HAS A CONVERSATION WITH MR. TWISSEL.—THE
ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE INVITATION.

CXL. A PLEASANT EVENING.—THE BRIDESMAIDS.

CXLI. A NEW CHARACTER.—MISS TWISSEL’S VISITOR.—THE INVITATIONS.

CXLII. THE WEDDING MORNING.—DISRUPTION OF HARMONY, AND THE NEW
ACQUAINTANCE.—THE CONCLUSION.

CXLIII. A SCENE IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.—THE CATHEDRAL ROBBERS.—A
STORM.—THE VAULTS BENEATH THE AISLE.—THE FLIGHT OF THE
ROBBERS, AND THE RESUSCITATED CORPSE.

CXLIV. THE STAR HOTEL, AND THE STRANGER’S ARRIVAL.—A REMARKABLE
COUNTENANCE.—THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF THE STRANGER.—A
STRANGE REQUEST COMPLIED WITH.

CXLV. A RURAL SCENE BY MOONLIGHT.—THE STORM.—AN ACCIDENT ON THE
ROAD.—A NEW AND STRANGE ACQUAINTANCE ACQUIRED.—A
DISAPPOINTMENT.

CXLVI. THE ALARM AT THE INN.—BED-CHAMBER TERRORS.—A NIGHT SCENE
A MORNING SUCCEEDING TO A NIGHT OF ADVENTURE.

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CXLVIII THE ROAD, AND THE TRAVELLERS.—THE PLEASURES OF DOING
GOOD.—THE BEGGAR WOMAN.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY A
PHILANTHROPIST.

CXLIX. THE ENTRANCE INTO BATH.—A NEW SCENE.—THE HOTEL AND THE
LODGINGS.—THE ATTENTIONS OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.

CL. SIR FRANCIS VARNEY IN BATH.—THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
FANCIES.—THE MURDER IN BATH.—THE TREASURE.

CLI. THE SCENE AT THE HOTEL.—THE RELATION OF THE CAUSE OF SIR
FRANCIS VARNEY’S PALENESS.

CLII. THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.—THE VISIT TO THE HOUSE.—THE
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TREASURE.

CLIII. THE ASSEMBLY.—SIR FRANCIS’S FIRST OVERTURES TO MARY
STEVENS.—THE BREAKFAST SCENE.—AND THE HONOUR DECLINED.

CLIV. THE TWO SISTERS.—MARY STEVENS’S DISLIKE OF SIR FRANCIS
VARNEY.—A USELESS SUIT.—DISUNION.

CLV. THE EFFECTS OF PERSEVERANCE.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND MARY
STEVENS.—AN EVENING PARTY AND CONVERSATION.

CLVI. THE WEDDING MORNING.—THE PROGRESS OF JUSTICE, AND THE
DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERER.—THE DISSIPATION OF A SCENE.

CLVII. THE MURDER IN THE WOOD DEL NOTTI.—A NEAPOLITAN SCENE.

CLVIII. A MAIDEN’S MIND DISTURBED.—AN EASY WAY OF PROMOTING
COMFORT OF CONSCIENCE.—THE MONK.

CLIX. THE WATCH BY THE DEAD MAN’S SIDE.—THE DEAD ALIVE.—THE
DEATH-STRUGGLE, AND THE MURDER OF THE MONK.

CLX. THE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE.—THE DEMAND FOR ADMISSION INTO
THE CONVENT OF ST MARY MAGDALEN.—THE PORTRESS AND THE MONK.

CLXI. FATHER FRANCIS’S INTERVIEW WITH THE ABBESS OF ST MARY
MAGDALEN.—THE OBJECTS AND WISHES OF THE HOLY FATHER.

CLXII. THE CELL OF THE NEOPHYTE.—THE INTERVIEW.—THE UNEXPECTED
TURN GIVEN TO THE AFFAIRS AT THE CONVENT OF ST MARY
MAGDALEN.

CLXIII. THE NUN’S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM THE CONVENT OF ST MARY
MAGDALEN.—THE PURSUIT AND THE DISCLOSURE.—THE ESCAPE OF
THE PRETENDED MONK.

CLXIV. THE STORM.—A SHIPWRECK AT SEA.—THE HAPLESS FATE OF THE
MARINERS.

CLXV. THE FISHERMEN.—THE DESPAIRING CRY OF THE MARINERS.—THE
BREAKERS FROM THE SHORE.

CLXVI. THE ONE BODY WASHED ASHORE.—THE FIRST REQUEST.—THE
SHIPWRECKED STRANGER.

CLXVII. THE FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE.—THE FIRESIDE, AND THE TRAVELLER’S
BED.

CLXVIII. THE NIGHT IN THE FISHERMAN’S BUT THE MIDNIGHT FEAST OF
BLOOD.—THE CHASE, AND THE GUN-SHOT.

CLXIX. THE ASSASSINS ON THE RIALTO.—THE ATTACK AND DEFEAT.—THE
STRANGER.

CLXX. COUNT POLLIDORI’S PALACE.—SIGNORA ISABELLA, THE COUNT’S
DAUGHTER.—THE INTRODUCTION.

CLXXI. THE OPINIONS OF DOCTOR PILLETTO.—THE STRANGER’S ACCOUNT OF
HIMSELF.—THE WELCOME OF THE SIGNORA.

CLXXII. THE COUNT POLLIDORI’S RECOVERY.—THE INTERVIEW WITH THE
SIGNORA ISABELLA.—THE CONSENT.

CLXXIII. THE WEDDING MORNING.—THE NEW ARRIVAL.—THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THE VAMPYRE BRIDEGROOM.

CLXXIV. THE TWO HIGHWAYMEN.—THE MURDER AT THE GIBBET’S FOOT.—THE
RIDE TO THE GOLDEN PIPPIN.

CLXXV. THE HORRORS IN THE NIGHT.—THE DISCOVERY IN THE
ROAD.—CONTENTION BETWEEN MAN AND HORSE.—COMFORTABLE
QUARTERS IN THE GOLDEN PIPPIN.

CLXXVI. THE GRAZIER’S RELATION, AND HIS FIRST TERRORS.—THE EFFECTS
OF GOOD CHEER, AND THE SUDDEN INTERRUPTION TO A PLEASANT
PARTY.

CLXXVII. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER’S ARRIVAL.—THE CONSTERNATION OF
THE GUESTS.—THE GRAZIER’S TERRORS, AND POWERS OF
IDENTITY.—THE LANDLORD’S DAUGHTER.

CLXXVIII. THE MIDNIGHT CRY OF ALARM.—THE VAMPYRE’S MEAL.—THE CHASE
ACROSS THE FIELDS.—THE DEATH OF THE LANDLORD’S DAUGHTER.

CLXXIX. THE HOTEL.—THE FASHIONABLE ARRIVAL.—THE YOUNGE HEIRESS.

CLXXX. THE SECOND ARRIVAL AT THE LONDON HOTEL.—THE MYSTERIOUS
GUEST.

CLXXXI. THE NIGHT ALARM.—A SCENE OF CONFUSION.—MR. BLUE SUSPECTED.

CLXXXII. THE WAITER TELLS THE STORY OF THE LAKES’ DISTURBANCE TO
GEORGE AND FRANCIS.

CLXXXIII. THE COMMUNICATION OF THE SERVANTS RESPECTING THE LAKE
FAMILY.

CLXXXIV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.—THE NIGHT WATCH.

CLXXXV. THE VAMPYRE’S FEAST.—THE ALARM AND THE PURSUIT.

CLXXXVI. THE MEETING IN ST JAMES’S PARK.

CLXXXVII. THE CHURCHYARD AT HAMPSTEAD.—THE RESUSCITATION OF A
VAMPYRE.

CLXXXVIII. THE VAMPYRE.—THE FLIGHT.—THE WATCHMAN IN THE VALE OF
HEALTH.

CLXXXIX. MISS LAKE PASSES A FATEFUL NIGHT.—THE IMPOSTOR PUNISHED.

CXC. THE VAMPYRE DISCOVERED.—THE ESCAPE ON THE THAMES.

CXCI. THE PLOT DISCOVERED.—THE LETTER LEFT AT THE HOTEL BY THE
VAMPYRE.

CXCII. THE MEETING IN THE MORNING AT THE HOTEL.—THE PREPARATIONS
OF THE ATTORNEY.

CXCIII THE VAMPYRE’S VISIT TO THE BARRACKS AT KINGSTON.—THE YOUNG
OFFICER.

CXCIV. AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT.—THE INNOCENT TRIUMPHANT.

CXCV. THE VAMPYRE HAS SERIOUS THOUGHTS.—THE DREAM.—THE
RESOLUTION.

CXCVI. THE SCOTCH PACKET SHIP.—THE SUICIDE.

CXCVII. THE OLD MANOR HOUSE.—THE RESCUE.—VARNEY’S DESPAIR.

CXCVIII. A FAMILY SCENE.—THE SISTERS.—THE HORRIBLE ALARM.

CXCIX. THE SEXTON’S AVARICE.—THE DEAD AND THE LIVING.—THE RING.

CC. THE RECOVERY.—THE SEXTON’S FRIGHT.—THE COMPACT.

CCI. THE NIGHT ALARM.—THE VAMPYRE’S ATTACK ON THE BRIDE.

CCII. THE DEFILE IN THE ROCKS.—THE HORSEMAN AND THE ACCIDENT.

CCIII. THE DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE GRANGE.—THE NEWS OF DESPAIR.—THE
FINDING THE BODY.

CCIV. THE SICK CHAMBER AT THE GRANGE.—THE NIGHT.

CCV. A MIDNIGHT ALARM.—THE CHASE.—THE MYSTERY.

CCVI. THE SIGHT OF TERROR.—THE DOCTOR’S SUSPICIONS.—THE NIGHT
WATCH.

CCVII. FAMILY TROUBLES.—THE HOUSE OF MOURNING.

CCVIII. THE NIGHT WATCH.—THE SURPRISE.—THE CHASE.

CCIX. THE FUNERAL.—A STRANGE INCIDENT.

CCX. THE STRANGE VISITOR TO THE OLD CHURCH AT NIGHT.

CCXI. WILL STEPHENS’S VISIT TO THE FAMILY VAULT WITH THE
SAW-DUST, AND WHAT HE SAW THERE.

CCXII. THE APPARITION IN THE CHURCH.—WILL STEPHENS’S SWOON.—THE
MORNING.

CCXIII. THE ALARM FROM THE BELFRY.—THE BEADLE IN A QUANDARY.

CCXIV. THE CLERGYMAN’S VISIT TO THE VAULT.—RESCUE OF THE SEXTON.

CCXV. THE YOUNG LOVER’S MIDNIGHT WATCH.

CCXVI. THE HORRORS OF THE GRAVE.—A FRIGHTFUL ADVENTURE.

CCXVII. THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.—THE STONE SLAB.—THE VAMPYRE.

CCXVIII. THE YOUNG GIRL IN THE VILLAGE, AND THE AWFUL VISIT.

CCXIX. THE AWFUL SUPPOSITION.—A RESOLUTION.

CCXX. THE GRAND CONSULTATION AT THE ALE-HOUSE.—THE AWFUL
SUGGESTION.

CCXXI. THE NIGHT WATCH.—THE VAULT.

CCXXII. THE MADMAN.—THE VAMPYRE.

CCXXIII. THE HUNT OF THE VAMPYRE.

CCXXIII. THE FATE OF SIR GEORGE.—THE CROSS-ROAD.

CCXXV. THE SOLITARY MAN.—VARNEY’S DESPAIR.

CCXXVI. THE STRANGE GUEST.—THE LITTLE CHAPEL.—VARNEY’S NARRATIVE.

CCXXVII. VARNEY OPENS THE VAST STORE-HOUSE OF HIS MEMORY.

CCXXVIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE VAMPYRE.—THE MASS.

CCXXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

CCXXX. VARNEY GIVES SOME PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF.

CCXXXI. A SINGULAR INTERVIEW, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF PASSION.

CCXXXII. VARNEY’S NARRATIVE CONTINUED.

CCXXXIII. THE NIGHT ATTACK.—THE HORRIBLE CONCLUSION.

CCXXXIV. VARNEY DETAILS HIS SECOND DEATH.

CCXXXV. THE PALACE GARDEN IN ST JAMES’S.

CCXXXVI. AN ADVENTURE.—THE CARBINE SHOT.—THE DEATH.

CCXXXVII. THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF VARNEY THE VAMPYRE, AND
CONCLUSION.