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+Title: The Vampyre, a Tale
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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE VAMPYRE, A TALE ***
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+                                 THE
+
+                               VAMPYRE;
+                                   
+                               A Tale.
+
+			   By John Polidori
+
+
+
+
+
+                         EXTRACT OF A LETTER
+
+                             FROM GENEVA.
+                            ______________
+
+"I breathe freely in the neighbourhood of this lake; the ground upon
+which I tread has been subdued from the earliest ages; the principal
+objects which immediately strike my eye, bring to my recollection
+scenes, in which man acted the hero and was the chief object of
+interest. Not to look back to earlier times of battles and sieges,
+here is the bust of Rousseau--here is a house with an inscription
+denoting that the Genevan philosopher first drew breath under its
+roof. A little out of the town is Ferney, the residence of Voltaire;
+where that wonderful, though certainly in many respects contemptible,
+character, received, like the hermits of old, the visits of pilgrims,
+not only from his own nation, but from the farthest boundaries of
+Europe. Here too is Bonnet's abode, and, a few steps beyond, the house
+of that astonishing woman Madame de Stael: perhaps the first of her
+sex, who has really proved its often claimed equality with, the nobler
+man. We have before had women who have written interesting-novels and
+poems, in which their tact at observing drawing-room characters has
+availed them; but never since the days of Heloise have those faculties
+which arc peculiar to man, been developed as the possible inheritance
+of woman. Though even here, as in the case of Heloise, our sex have
+not been backward in alledging the existence of an Abeilard in the
+person of M. Schlegel as the inspirer of her works. But to proceed:
+upon the same side of the lake, Gibbon, Bonnivard, Bradshaw, and
+others mark, as it were, the stages for our progress; whilst upon the
+other side there is one house, built by Diodati, the friend of Milton,
+which has contained within its walls, for several months, that poet
+whom we have so often read together, and who--if human passions remain
+the same, and human feelings, like. chords, on being swept by nature's
+impulses shall vibrate as before---will be placed by posterity in the
+first rank of our English Poets. You must have heard, or the Third
+Canto of Childe Harold will have informed you, that Lord Byron resided
+many months in this neighbourhood. I went with some friends a few days
+ago, after having seen Ferney, to view this mansion. I trod the floors
+with the same feelings of awe and respect as we did, together, those
+of Shakespeare's dwelling at Stratford. I sat down in a chair of the
+saloon, and satisfied myself that I was resting on what he had made
+his constant scat. I found a servant there who had lived with him;
+she, however, gave me but little information. She pointed out his
+bed-chamber upon the same level as the saloon and dining-room, and
+informed me that he retired to rest at three, got up at two, and
+employed himself a long time over his toilette; that he never went to
+sleep without a pair of pistols and a dagger by his side, and that he
+never eat animal food. He apparently spent some part of every day upon
+the lake in an English boat. There is a balcony from the saloon which
+looks upon the lake and the mountain Jura; and I imagine, that it must
+have been hence, he contemplated the storm BO magnificently described
+in the Third Canto; for you have from here a most extensive view of
+all the points he has therein depicted. I can fancy him like the
+scathed pine, whilst all around was sunk to repose, still waking to
+observe, what gave but a weak image of the storms which had desolated
+his own breast.
+
+The sky is changed!--and such a change; Oh, night!
+And storm and darkness, ye are wond'rous strong,
+Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light
+Of a dark eye in woman! Far along
+>From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,
+Leaps the lire thunder! Not from one lone cloud,
+But every mountain now hath found a tongue,
+And Jura answers thro' her misty shroud,
+Back to the joyous Alps who call to her aloud!
+
+And this is in the night:--Most glorious night!
+Thou wer't not sent for slumber! let me be
+A sharer in thy far and fierce delight,--
+A portion of the tempest and of me!
+How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea,
+And the big rain comet dancing to the earth!
+And now again 'tis black,--and now the glee
+Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth,
+As if they did rejoice o'er a young; earthquake's birth,
+
+Now where the swift Rhine cleaves his way between
+Heights which appear, as lovers who have parted
+In haste, whose mining depths so intervene,
+That they can meet no more, tho' broken hearted;
+Tho' in their souls which thus each other thwarted,
+Love was the very root of the fond rage
+Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed--
+Itself expired, but leaving; them an age
+Of years all winter--war within themselves to wage.
+
+I went clown to the little port, if I may use the expression, wherein
+his vessel used to lay, and conversed with the cottager, who had the
+care of it. You may smile, but I have my pleasure in thus helping my
+personification of the individual I admire, by attaining to the
+knowledge of those circumstances which were daily around him. I have
+made numerous enquiries in the town concerning him, but can learn
+nothing. He only went into society there once, when M. Pictet took him
+to the house of a lady to spend the evening. They say he is a very
+singular man, and seem to think him very uncivil. Amongst other things
+they relate, that having invited M. Pictet and Bonstetten to dinner,
+he went on the lake to Chillon, leaving a gentleman who travelled with
+him to receive them and make his apologies. Another evening, being
+invited to the house of Lady D------ H------, he promised to attend,
+but upon approaching the windows of her ladyship's villa, and
+perceiving the room to be full of company, he set down his friend,
+desiring him to plead his excuse, and immediately returned home. This
+will serve as a contradiction to the report which yon tell me is
+current in England, of his having been avoided by his countrymen on
+the continent. The case happens to be directly the reverse, as he has
+been generally sought by them, though on most occasions, apparently
+without success. It is said, indeed, that upon paying his first visit
+at Coppet, following the servant who had announced his name, he was
+surprised to meet a lady carried oat fainting; but before he had been
+seated many minutes, the same lady, who had been so affected at the
+sound of his name, returned and conversed with him a considerable
+time--- such is female curiosity and affectation! He visited Coppet
+frequently, and of course associated there with several of his
+countrymen, who evinced no reluctance to moot him whom his enemies
+alone would represent as au outcast.
+
+Though I have been so unsuccessful in this town, 1 have been more
+fortunate in my enquiries elsewhere. There is a society three or four
+miles from Geneva, the centre of which is the Countess of Breuss, a
+Russian lady, well acquainted with the agrémens de la Société, and who
+has collected them round herself at her mansion. It was chiefly here,
+I find, that the gentleman who travelled with Lord Byron, as
+physician, sought for society. He used almost every day to cross the
+lake by himself, in one of their flat-bottomed boats, and return after
+passing the evening with his friends, about eleven or twelve at night,
+often whilst the storms were raging in the circling summits of the
+mountains around. As he became intimate, from long acquaintance, with
+several of the families in this neighbourhood, I have gathered from
+their accounts some excellent traits of his lordship's character,
+which I will relate to you at some future opportunity. I must,
+however, free him from one imputation attached to him--- of having in
+his house two sisters as the partakers of his revels. This is, like
+many other charges which have been brought against his lordship,
+entirely destitute of truth. His only companion was the physician I
+have already mentioned. The report originated from the following
+circumstance: Mr. Percy Bysshe Shelly, a gentleman well known for
+extravagance of doctrine, and for his daring, in their profession,
+even to sign himself with the title of ATHeo*s in the Album at
+Chamouny, having taken a house below, in which he resided with Miss M.
+W. Godwin and Miss Clermont, (the daughters of the celebrated Mr.
+Godwin) they were frequently visitors at Diodati, and were often seen
+upon the lake with his Lordship, which gave rise to the report, the
+truth of which is here positively denied.
+
+Among other things which the lady, from whom I procured these
+anecdotes, related to me, she mentioned tho outline of a ghost story
+by Lord Byron. It appears that one evening Lord B., Mr. P. B. Shelly,
+the two ladies and the gentleman before alluded to, after having
+perused a German work, which was entitled Phantasmagoriana, began
+relating ghost stories; when his lordship having recited the beginning
+of Christabel, then unpublished, the whole took so strong a hold of
+Mr. Shelly's mind, that he suddenly started up and ran out of the
+room. The physician and Lord Byron followed, and discovered him
+leaning against a mantle-piece, with cold drops of perspiration
+trickling down his face. After having given him something to refresh
+him, upon enquiring into the cause of his alarm, they found that his
+wild imagination having pictured to him the bosom of one of the ladies
+with eyes (which was reported of a lady in the neighbourhood where he
+lived) he was obliged to leave the room in order to destroy the
+impression. It was afterwards proposed, in the course of conversation,
+that each of the company present should write a tale depending upon
+some supernatural agency, which was undertaken by Lord B., the
+physician, and Miss M. W. Godwin.[1]* My friend, the lady above
+referred to, had in her possession the outline of each of these
+stories; I obtained them as a great favour, and herewith Forward them
+to you, as I was assured you would feel as much curiosity as myself,
+to peruse the ebauches of so great a genius, and those immediately
+under his influence. "
+
+* Since published under the title of "Frankenstein; or, The Modern
+Prometheus."
+
+
+                             THE VAMPYRE.
+  _________________________________________________________________
+
+                            INTRODUCTION.
+                              __________
+
+THE superstition upon which this tale is founded is very general in
+the East. Among the Arabians it appears to be common: it did not,
+however, extend itself to the Greeks until after the establishment of
+Christianity; and it has only assumed its present form since the
+division of the Latin and Greek churches; at which time, the idea
+becoming prevalent, that a Latin body could not corrupt if buried in
+their territory, it gradually increased, and formed the subject of
+many wonderful stories, still extant, of the dead rising from their
+graves, and feeding upon the blood of the young and beautiful. In the
+West it spread, with some slight variation, all over Hungary, Poland,
+Austria, and Lorraine, where the belief existed, that vampyres nightly
+imbibed a certain portion of the blood of their victims, who became
+emaciated, lost their strength, and speedily died of consumptions;
+whilst these human blood-suckers fattened --- and their veins became
+distended to such a state of repletion, as to cause the blood to flow
+from all the passages of their bodies, and even from the very pores of
+their skins.
+
+In the London Journal, of March, 1732, is a curious, and, of course,
+credible account of a particular case of vampyrism, which is stated to
+have occurred at Madreyga, in Hungary. It appears, that upon an
+examination of the commander-in-chief and magistrates of the place,
+they positively and unanimously affirmed, that, about five years
+before, a certain Heyduke, named Arnold Paul, had been heard to say,
+that, at Cassovia, on the frontiers of the Turkish Servia, he had been
+tormented by a vampyre, but had found a way to rid himself of the
+evil, by eating some of the earth out of the vampyre's grave, and
+rubbing himself with his blood. This precaution, however, did not
+prevent him from becoming a vampyre[2]* himself; for, about twenty or
+thirty days after his death and burial, many persons complained of
+having been tormented by him, and a deposition was made, that four
+persons had been deprived of life by his attacks. To prevent further
+mischief, the inhabitants having consulted their Hadagni,[3]/- took up
+tho body, and found it (as is supposed to be usual in cases of
+vampyrism) fresh, and entirely free from corruption, and emitting at
+the mouth, nose, and ears, pure and florid blood. Proof having been
+thus obtained, they resorted to the accustomed remedy. A stake was
+driven entirely through the heart and body of Arnold Paul, at which he
+is reported to have cried out as dreadfully as if he had been alive.
+This done, they cut off his head, burned his body, and threw the ashes
+into his grave. The same measures were adopted with the corses of
+those persons who had previously died from vampyrism, lest they
+should, in their turn, become agents upon others who survived them.
+
+* The universal belief is, that a person tucked by a vampyre becomes a
+vampyre himself, and sucks in his turn.
+
+/- Chief bailiff.
+
+This monstrous rodomontade is here related, because it seems better
+adapted to illustrate the subject of the present observations than any
+other instance which could be adduced. In many parts of Greece it is
+considered as a sort of punishment after death, for some heinous crime
+committed whilst in existence, that the deceased is not only doomed to
+vampyrise, but compelled to confine his infernal visitations solely to
+those beings he loved most while upon earththose to whom he was bound
+by ties of kindred and affection. ---A supposition alluded to in the
+"Giaour."
+
+But first on earth, as Vampyre sent,
+Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent;
+Then ghastly haunt the native place,
+And suck the blood of all thy race;
+There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
+At midnight drain the stream of life;
+Yet loathe the banquet which perforce
+Must feed thy livid living corse,
+Thy victims, ere they yet expire,
+Shall know the demon for their sire;
+As cursing thee, thou cursing them,
+Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
+But one that for thy crime must fall,
+The youngest, best beloved of all,
+Shall bless thee with a father's name--
+That word shall wrap thy heart in flame!
+Yet thou must end thy task and mark
+Her cheek's last tinge--her eye's last spark,
+And the last glassy glance must view
+Which freezes o'er its lifeless blue;
+Then with unhallowed hand shall tear
+The tresses of her yellow hair,
+Of which, in life a lock when shorn
+Affection's fondest pledge was worn--
+But now is borne away by thee
+Memorial of thine agony!
+Yet with thine own best blood shall drip;
+Thy gnashing tooth, and haggard lip;
+Then stalking to thy sullen grave,
+Go--and with Gouls and Afrits rave,
+Till these in horror shrink away
+>From spectre more accursed than they.
+
+Mr. Southey has also introduced in his wild but beautiful poem of "
+Thalaba, " the vampyre corse of the Arabian maid Oneiza, who is
+represented as having returned from the grave for the purpose of
+tormenting him she best loved whilst in existence. But this cannot be
+supposed to have resulted from the sinfulness of her life, she being
+pourtrayed throughout the whole of the tale as a complete type of
+purity and innocence. The veracious Tournefort gives a long account in
+his travels of several astonishing cases of vampyrism, to which he
+pretends to have been an eyewitness; and Calmet, in his great work
+upon this subject, besides a variety of anecdotes, and traditionary
+narratives illustrative of its effects, has put forth some learned
+dissertations, tending to prove it to be a classical, as well as
+barbarian error.
+
+Many curious and interesting notices on this singularly horrible
+superstition might be added; though the present may suffice for the
+limits of a note, necessarily devoted to explanation, and which may
+now be concluded by merely remarking, that though the term Vampyre is
+the one in most general acceptation, there are several others
+synonimous with it, made use of in various parts of the world: as
+Vroucolocha, Vardoulacha, Goul, Broucoloka, &c.
+  _________________________________________________________________
+
+                             THE VAMPYRE.
+                              __________
+
+IT happened that in the midst of the dissipations attendant upon a
+London winter, there appeared at the various parties of the leaders of
+the ton a nobleman, more remarkable for his singularities, than his
+rank. He gazed upon the mirth around him, as if he could not
+participate therein. Apparently, the light laughter of the fair only
+attracted his attention, that he might by a look quell it, and throw
+fear into those breasts where thoughtlessness reigned. Those who felt
+this sensation of awe, could not explain whence it arose: some
+attributed it to the dead grey eye, which, fixing upon the object's
+face, did not seem to penetrate, and at one glance to pierce through
+to the inward workings of the heart; but fell upon the cheek with a
+leaden ray that weighed upon the skin it could not pass. His
+peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house; all wished to
+see him, and those who had been accustomed to violent excitement, and
+now felt the weight of ennui, were pleased at having something in
+their presence capable of engaging their attention. In spite of the
+deadly hue of his face, which never gained a warmer tint, either from
+the blush of modesty, or from the strong emotion of passion, though
+its form and outline were beautiful, many of the female hunters after
+notoriety attempted to win his attentions, and gain, at least, some
+marks of what they might term affection: Lady Mercer, who had been the
+mockery of every monster shewn in drawing-rooms since her marriage,
+threw herself in his way, and did all but put on the dress of a
+mountebank, to attract his notice:--- though in vain:--- when she
+stood before him, though his eyes were apparently fixed upon her's,
+still it seemed as if they were unperceived;---even her unappalled
+impudence was baffled, and she left, the field. But though the common
+adultress could not influence even the guidance of his eyes, it was
+not that the female sex was indifferent to him: yet such was the
+apparent caution with which he spoke to the virtuous wife and innocent
+daughter, that few knew he ever addressed himself to females. He had,
+however, the reputation of a winning tongue; and whether it was that
+it even overcame the dread of his singular character, or that they
+were moved by his apparent hatred of vice, he was as often among those
+females who form the boast of their sex from their domestic virtues,
+as among those who sully it by their vices.
+
+About the same time, there came to London a young gentleman of the
+name of Aubrey: he was an orphan left with an only sister in the
+possession of great wealth, by parent» who died while he was yet in
+childhood. Left also to himself by guardians, who thought it their
+duty merely to take care of his fortune, while they relinquished the
+more important charge of his mind to the care of mercenary subalterns,
+he cultivated more his imagination than his judgment. He had, hence,
+that high romantic feeling of honour and candour, which daily ruins so
+many milliners' apprentices. He believed all to sympathise with
+virtue, and thought that vice was thrown in by Providence merely for
+the picturesque effect of the scene, as we see in romances: he thought
+that the misery of a cottage merely consisted in the vesting of
+clothes, which were as warm, but which were better adapted to the
+painter's eye by their irregular folds and various coloured patches.
+Me thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the realities of
+life. He was handsome, frank, and rich: for these reasons, upon his
+entering into the gay circles, many mothers surrounded him, striving
+which should describe with least truth their languishing or romping
+favourites: the daughters at the same time, by their brightening
+countenances when he approached, and by their sparkling eyes, when he
+opened his lips, soon led him into false notions of his talents and
+his merit. Attached as lie was to the romance of his solitary hours,
+he was startled at finding, that, except in the tallow and wax candles
+that flickered, not from the presence of a ghost, but from want of
+snuffing, there was no foundation in real life for any of that
+congeries of pleasing pictures and descriptions contained in those
+volumes, from which he had formed his study. Finding, however, some
+compensation in his gratified vanity, he was about to relinquish his
+dreams, when the extraordinary being we have above described, crossed
+him in his career.
+
+He watched him; and the very impossibility of forming an idea of the
+character of a man entirely absorbed in himself, who gave few other
+signs of his observation of external objects, than the tacit assent to
+their existence, implied by the avoidance of their contact: allowing
+his imagination to picture every thing that flattered its propensity
+to extravagant ideas, he soon formed this object into the hero of a
+romance, and determined to observe the offspring of his fancy, rather
+than the person before him. He became acquainted with him, paid him
+attentions, and so far advanced upon his notice, that his presence was
+always recognised. He gradually learnt that Lord Ruthven's affairs
+were embarrassed, and soon found, from the notes of preparation in --
+Street, that he was about to travel. Desirous of gaining some
+information respecting this singular character, who, till now, had
+only whetted his curiosity, he hinted to his guardians, that it was
+time for him to perform the tour, which for many generations has been
+thought necessary to enable the young to take some rapid steps in the
+career of vice towards putting themselves upon an equality with the
+aged, and not allowing them to appear as if fallen from the skies,
+whenever scandalous intrigues are mentioned as the subjects of
+pleasantry or of praise, according to the degree of skill shewn in
+carrying them on. They consented: and Aubrey immediately mentioning
+his intentions to Lord Ruthven, was surprised to receive from him a
+proposal to join him. Flattered by such a mark of esteem from him,
+who, apparently, had nothing in common with other men, he gladly
+accepted it, and in a few days they hail passed the circling waters.
+
+Hitherto, Aubrey had had no opportunity of studying Lord Ruthven's
+character, and now he found, that, though many more of his actions
+were exposed to his view, the results offered different conclusions
+from (lie apparent motives to his conduct. His companion was profuse
+in his liberality; ---the idle, the vagabond, and the beggar, received
+from his hand more than enough to relieve their immediate wants. But
+Aubrey could not avoid remarking, that it was not upon the virtuous,
+reduced to indigence by the misfortunes attendant even upon virtue,
+that he bestowed his alms; ---these were sent from the door with
+hardly suppressed sneers; but when the profligate came to ask
+something, not to relieve his wants, but to allow him to wallow in his
+lust, or to sink him still deeper in his iniquity, he was sent away
+with rich charity. This was, however, attributed by him to the greater
+importunity of the vicious, which generally prevails over the retiring
+bashfulness of the virtuous indigent. There was one circumstance about
+the charity of his Lordship, which was still more impressed upon his
+mind: all those upon whom it was bestowed, inevitably found that there
+was a curse upon it, for they were all either led to the scaffold, or
+sunk to the lowest and the most abject misery. At Brussels and other
+towns through which they passed, Aubrey was surprized at the apparent
+eagerness with which his companion sought for the centres of all
+fashionable vice; there he entered into all the spirit of the faro
+table: he betted, and always gambled with success, except where the
+known sharper was his antagonist, and then he lost even more than he
+gained; but it was always with the same unchanging face, with which he
+generally watched the society around: it was not, however, so when he
+encountered the rash youthful novice, or the luckless father of a
+numerous family; then his very wish seemed fortune's law---this
+apparent abstractedness of mind was laid aside, and his eyes sparkled
+with more fire than that of the cat whilst dallying with lire
+half-dead mouse. In every town, he left the formerly affluent youth,
+torn from the circle he adorned, cursing, in the solitude of a
+dungeon, the fate that had drawn him within the reach of this fiend;
+whilst many a father sat frantic, amidst the speaking looks of mute
+hungry children, without a single farthing of his late immense wealth,
+wherewith to buy even sufficient to satisfy their present craving. Yet
+he took no money from tho gambling table; but immediately lost, to the
+ruiner of many, the last gilder he had just snatched from the
+convulsive grasp of the innocent: this might but be the result of a
+certain degree of knowledge, which was not, however, capable of
+combating the cunning of the more experienced. Aubrey often wished to
+represent this to his friend, and beg him to resign that charity and
+pleasure which proved the ruin of all, and did not tend to his own
+profit; ---but he delayed it---for each day ho hoped his friend would
+give him some opportunity of speaking frankly and openly to him;
+however, this never occurred. Lord Ruthven in his carriage, and amidst
+the various wild and rich scenes of nature, was always the same: his
+eye spoke less than his lip; and though Aubrey was near the object of
+his curiosity, he obtained no greater gratification from it than the
+constant excitement of vainly wishing to break that mystery, which to
+his exalted imagination began to assume the appearance of something
+supernatural.
+
+They soon arrived at Rome, and Aubrey for a time lost sight of his
+companion; he left him in daily attendance upon the morning circle of
+an Italian countess, whilst he went in search of the memorials of
+another almost deserted city. Whilst he was thus engaged, letters
+arrived from England, which he opened with eager impatience; the first
+was from his sister, breathing nothing but affection; the others were
+from his guardians, the latter astonished him; if it had before
+entered into his imagination that there was an evil power resident in
+his companion, these seemed to give him sufficient reason for the
+belief. His guardians insisted upon his immediately leaving his
+friend, and urged, that his character was dreadfully vicious, for that
+the possession of irresistible powers of seduction, rendered his
+licentious habits more dangerous to society. It had been discovered,
+that his contempt for the adultress had not originated in hatred of
+her character; but that he had required, to enhance his gratification,
+that his victim, the partner of his guilt, should be hurled from the
+pinnacle of unsullied virtue, down to the lowest abyss of infamy and
+degradation: in fine, that all those females whom he had sought,
+apparently on account of their virtue, had, since his departure,
+thrown even the mask aside, and had not scrupled to expose the whole
+deformity of their vices to the public gaze.
+
+Aubrey determined upon leaving one, whose character had not yet shown
+a single bright point on which to rest the eye. He resolved to invent
+some plausible pretext for abandoning him altogether, purposing, in
+the mean while, to watch him more closely, and to let no slight
+circumstances pass by unnoticed. He entered into the same circle, and
+soon perceived, that his Lordship was endeavouring to work upon the
+inexperience of the daughter of the lady whose house he chiefly
+frequented. In Italy, it is seldom that an unmarried female is met
+with in society; he was therefore obliged to carry on his plans in
+secret; but Aubrey's eye followed him in all his windings, and soon
+discovered that an assignation had been appointed, which would most
+likely end in the ruin of an innocent, though thoughtless girl. Losing
+no time, he entered the apartment of Lord Ruthven, and abruptly asked
+him his intentions with respect to the lady, informing him at the same
+time that he was aware of his being about to meet her that very night.
+Lord Ruthven answered, that his intentions were such as he supposed
+all would have upon such an occasion; and upon being pressed whether
+he intended to marry her, merely laughed. Aubrey retired; and,
+immediately writing a note, to say, that from that moment he must
+decline accompanying his Lordship in the remainder of their proposed
+tour, ho ordered his servant to seek other apartments, and calling
+upon tho mother of the lady, informed her of all he knew, not only
+with regard to her daughter, but also concerning the character of his
+Lordship. The assignation was prevented. Lord Ruthven next day merely
+sent his servant to notify his complete assent to a separation; but
+did not hint any suspicion of his plans having been foiled by Aubrey's
+interposition.
+
+Having left Rome, Aubrey directed his steps towards Greece, and
+crossing the Peninsula, soon found himself at Athens. He then fixed
+his residence in the house of a Greek; and soon occupied himself in
+tracing the faded records of ancient glory upon monuments that
+apparently, ashamed of chronicling the deeds of freemen only before
+slaves, had hidden themselves beneath the sheltering soil or many
+coloured lichen. Under the same roof as himself, existed a being, so
+beautiful and delicate, that she might have formed the model for a
+painter, wishing; to pourtray oil canvass the promised hope of the
+faithful in Mahomet's paradise, save that her eyes spoke too much mind
+for any one to think she could belong to those who had no souls. As
+she danced upon the plain, or tripped along the mountain's side, one
+would have thought the gazelle a poor type of her beauties; for who
+would have exchanged her eye, apparently the eye of animated nature,
+for that sleepy luxurious look of the animal suited but to the taste
+of an epicure. The light step of Ianthe often accompanied Aubrey in
+his search after antiquities, and often would the unconscious girl,
+engaged in the pursuit of a Kashmere butterfly, show the whole beauty
+of her form, floating as it were upon the wind, to the eager gaze of
+him, who forgot the letters he had just decyphered upon an almost
+effaced tablet, in tho contemplation of her sylph-like figure. Often
+would her tresses falling, as she flitted around, exhibit in the sun's
+ray such delicately brilliant and swiftly fading hues, its might well
+excuse the forgetfulness of the antiquary, who let escape from his
+mind the very object he had before thought of vital importance to the
+proper interpretation of a passage in Pausanias. But why attempt to
+describe charms which all feel, but none can appreciate?---It was
+innocence, youth, and beauty, unaffected by crowded drawing-rooms and
+stifling- balls. Whilst he drew those remains of which lie wished to
+preserve a memorial for his future hours, she would stand by, and
+watch the magic effects of his pencil, in tracing the scenes of her
+native place; she would then describe to him the circling dance upon
+the open plain, would paint, to him in all the glowing colours of
+youthful memory, the marriage pomp she remembered viewing in her
+infancy; and then, turning to subjects that had evidently made a
+greater impression upon her mind, would tell him all the supernatural
+tales of her nurse. Her earnestness and apparent belief of what she
+narrated, excited the interest even of Aubrey; and often as she told
+him the tale of the living vampyre, who had passed years amidst his
+friends, and dearest ties, forced every year, by feeding upon the life
+of a lovely female to prolong his existence for the ensuing months,
+his blood would run cold, whilst he attempted to laugh her out of such
+idle and horrible fantasies; > but lathe cited to him the names of old
+men, who had at last detected one living among themselves, after
+several of their near relatives and children had been found marked
+with the stamp of the fiend's appetite,; and when she found him so
+incredulous, she begged of him to believe her, for it had been,
+remarked, that those who had dared to question their existence, always
+had some proof given, which obliged them, with grief and
+heartbreaking, to confess it was true. She detailed to him the
+traditional appearance of these monsters, and his horror was
+increased, by hearing a pretty accurate description of Lord Ruthven;
+he, however, still persisted in persuading her, that there could be no
+truth in her fears, though at the same time he wondered at the many
+coincidences which had all tended to excite a belief in the
+supernatural power of Lord Ruthven.
+
+Aubrey began to attach himself more and more to Ianthe; her innocence,
+so contrasted with all the affected virtues of the women among whom he
+had sought for his vision of romance, won his heart; and while he
+ridiculed the idea of a young man of English habits, marrying an
+uneducated Greek girl, still he found himself more and more attached
+to the almost fairy form before him. He would tear himself at times
+from her, and, forming a plan for some antiquarian research, he would
+depart, determined not to return until his object was attained; but he
+always found it impossible to fix his attention upon the ruins around
+him, whilst in his mind he retained an image that seemed alone the
+rightful possessor of his thoughts. Ianthe was unconscious of his
+love, and was ever the same frank infantile being he had find: known.
+She always seemed to part from him with reluctance; but it was because
+she had no longer any one with whom she could visit her favourite
+haunts, whilst her guardian was occupied in sketching or uncovering
+some fragment which had yet escaped the destructive hand of time. She
+had appealed to her parents on the subject of Vampyres, and they both,
+with several present, affirmed their existence, pale with horror at
+the very name. Soon after, Aubrey determined to proceed upon one of
+his excursions, which was to detain him for a few hours; when they
+heard the name of the place, they all at once begged of him not to
+return at night, as he must necessarily pass through a wood, where no
+Greek would ever remain, after the day had closed, upon any
+consideration. They described it as the resort of the vampyres in
+their nocturnal orgies, and denounced the most heavy evils as
+impending upon him who dared to cross their path. Aubrey made light of
+their representations, and tried to laugh them out of the idea; but
+when he saw them shudder at his daring thus to mock a superior,
+infernal power, the very name of which apparently made their blood
+freeze, he was silent.
+
+Next morning Aubrey set off upon his excursion unattended; he was
+surprised to observe the melancholy face of his host, and was
+concerned to find that his words, mocking the belief of those horrible
+fiends, had inspired them with such terror. When he was about to
+depart, Ianthe came to the side of his horse, and earnestly begged of
+him to return, ore night allowed the power of these beings to be put
+in action;---he promised. He was, however, so occupied in his
+research, that lie did not perceive that day-light would soon end, and
+that in the horizon there was one of those specks which, in the warmer
+climates, so rapidly gather into a tremendous mass, and pour all their
+rage upon the devoted country. ---He at last, however, mounted his
+horse, determined to make up by speed for his delay: but it was too
+late. Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown;
+immediately the sun sets, night begins: and ere he had advanced far,
+the power of the storm was above---its echoing thunders had scarcely
+an interval of rest---its thick heavy rain forced its way through the
+canopying foliage, whilst the blue forked lightning seemed to fall and
+radiate at his very feet. Suddenly his horse took fright, and he was
+carried with dreadful rapidity through the entangled forest. The
+animal at last, through fatigue, stopped, and he found, by the glare
+of lightning, that he was in the neighbourhood of a hovel that hardly
+lifted itself up from the masses of dead leaves and brushwood which
+surrounded it. Dismounting, he approached, hoping to find some one to
+guide him to the town, or at least trusting to obtain shelter from the
+pelting of the storm. As he approached, the thunders, for a moment
+silent, allowed him to hear the dreadful shrieks of a woman mingling
+with the stifled, exultant mockery of a laugh, continued in one almost
+unbroken sound;---he was startled: but, roused by the thunder which
+again rolled over his head, he, with a sudden effort, forced open the
+door of the hut. He found himself in utter darkness: the sound,
+however, guided him. He was apparently unperceived; for, though he
+called, still the sounds continued, and no notice was taken of him. He
+found himself in contact with some one, whom he immediately seized;
+when a voice cried, "Again baffled!" to which a loud laugh succeeded;
+and he felt himself grappled by one whose strength seemed superhuman:
+determined to sell his life as dearly as he could, he struggled; but
+it was in vain: he was lifted from his feet and hurled with enormous
+force against the ground: ---his enemy threw himself upon him, and
+kneeling upon his breast, had placed his hands upon his throat ---
+when the glare of many torches penetrating through the hole that gave
+light in the day, disturbed him;---he instantly rose, and, leaving his
+prey, rushed through the door, and in a moment the crashing of the
+brandies, as he broke through the wood, was no longer heard. The storm
+was now still; and Aubrey, incapable of moving, was soon heard by
+those without. They entered; the light of their torches fell upon the
+mud walls, and the thatch loaded on every individual straw with heavy
+flakes of soot. At the desire of Aubrey they searched for her who had
+attracted him by her cries; he was again left in darkness; but what
+was his horror, when the light of the torches once more burs; upon
+him, to perceive the airy form of his fair conductress brought in a
+lifeless corse. He shut his eyes, hoping that it was but a vision
+arising from his disturbed imagination; but he again saw the same
+form, when he unclosed them, stretched by his side. There was no
+colour upon her cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a
+stillness about her face that seemed almost as attaching as the life
+that once dwelt there:--- upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon
+her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein:---to this
+the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, " A
+Vampyre! a Vampyre!" A litter was quickly formed, and Aubrey was laid
+by the side of her who had lately been to him the object of so many
+bright and fairy visions, now fallen with the flower of life that had
+died within her. He knew not what his thoughts were---his mind was
+benumbed and seemed to shun reflection, and take refuge in
+vacancy---he held almost unconsciously in his hand a naked dagger of a
+particular construction, which had been found in the hut. They were
+soon met by different parties who had been engaged in the search of
+her whom a mother had missed. Their lamentable cries, as they
+approached the city, forewarned the parents of some dreadful
+catastrophe. ---To describe their grief would be impossible; but when
+they ascertained the cause of their child's death, they looked at
+Aubrey, and pointed to the corse. They were inconsolable; both died
+broken-hearted.
+
+Aubrey being put to bed was seized with a most violent fever, and was
+often delirious; in these intervals he would call upon Lord Ruthven
+and upon Ianthe---by some unaccountable combination he seemed to beg
+of his former companion to spare the being he loved. At other times he
+would imprecate maledictions upon his head, and curse him as her
+destroyer. Lord Ruthven, chanced at this time to arrive at Athens,
+and, from whatever motive, upon hearing of the state of Aubrey,
+immediately placed himself in the same house, and became his constant
+attendant. When the latter recovered from his delirium, he was
+horrified and startled at the sight of him whose image he had now
+combined with that of a Vampyre; but Lord Ruthven, by his kind words,
+implying almost repentance for the fault that had caused their
+separation, and still more by the attention, anxiety, and care which
+he showed, soon reconciled him to his presence. His lordship seemed
+quite changed; he no longer appeared that apathetic being who had so
+astonished Aubrey; but as soon as his convalescence began to be rapid,
+he again gradually retired into the same state of mind, and Aubrey
+perceived no difference from the former man, except that at times he
+was surprised to meet his gaze fixed intently upon him, with a smile
+of malicious exultation playing upon his lips: he knew not why, but
+this smile haunted him. During the last stage of the invalid's
+recovery, Lord Ruthven was apparently engaged in watching the tideless
+waves raised by the cooling breeze, or in marking the progress of
+those orbs, circling, like our world, the moveless sun;---indeed, he
+appeared to wish to avoid the eyes of all.
+
+Aubrey's mind, by this shock, was much weakened, and that elasticity
+of spirit which had once so distinguished him now seemed to have fled
+for ever. He was now as much a lover of solitude and silence as Lord
+Ruthven; but much as he wished for solitude, his mind could not find
+it in the neighbourhood of Athens; if he sought it amidst the ruins he
+had formerly frequented, Ianthe's form stood by his side---if he
+sought it in the woods, her light step would appear wandering amidst
+the underwood, in quest of the modest violet; then suddenly turning
+round, would show, to his wild imagination, her pale face and wounded
+throat, with a meek smile upon her lips. He determined to fly scenes,
+every feature of which created such bitter associations in his mind.
+He proposed to Lord Ruthven, to whom he held himself bound by the
+tender care he-had taken of him during his illness, that they should
+visit those parts of Greece neither had yet seen. They travelled in
+every direction, and sought every spot to which a recollection could
+be attached: but though they thus hastened from place to place, yet
+they seemed not to heed what they gazed upon. They heard much of
+robbers, but they gradually began to slight these reports, which they
+imagined were only the invention of individuals, whose interest it was
+to excite the generosity of those whom they defended from pretended
+dangers. In consequence of thus neglecting the advice of the
+inhabitants, on one occasion they travelled with only a few guards,
+more to serve as guides than as a defence. Upon entering, however, a
+narrow defile, at the bottom of which was the bed of a torrent, with
+large masses of rock brought down from the neighbouring precipices,
+they had reason to repent their negligence; for scarcely were tho
+whole of the party engaged in the narrow pass, when they were startled
+by the whistling of bullets close to their heads, and by the echoed
+report of several guns. In an instant their guards had left them, and,
+placing themselves behind rocks, had begun to fire in the direction
+whence the report came. Lord Ruthven and Aubrey, imitating their
+example, retired for a moment behind the sheltering turn of the
+defile: but ashamed of being thus detained by a foe, who with
+insulting shouts bade them advance, and being exposed to unresisting
+slaughter, if any of the robbers should climb above and take them in
+the rear, they determined at once to rush forward in search of the
+enemy. Hardly had they lost the shelter of the rock, when Lord Ruthven
+received a shot in the shoulder, which brought him to the ground.
+Aubrey hastened to his assistance; and, no longer heeding the contest
+or his own peril, was soon surprised by seeing the robbers' faces
+around him---his guards having, upon Lord Ruthven's being wounded,
+immediately thrown up their arms and surrendered.
+
+By promises of great reward, Aubrey soon induced them to convey his
+wounded friend to a neighbouring cabin; and having agreed upon a
+ransom, he was no more disturbed by their presence---they being
+content merely to guard the entrance till their comrade should return
+with the promised sum, for which he had an order. Lord Ruthven's
+strength rapidly decreased; in two days mortification ensued, and
+death seemed advancing with hasty steps. His conduct and appearance
+had not changed; he seemed as unconscious of pain as he had been of
+the objects about him: but towards the close of the last evening, his
+mind became apparently uneasy, and his eye often fixed upon Aubrey,
+who was induced to offer his assistance with more than usual
+earnestness--"Assist me! you may save me---you may do more than
+that---I mean not my life, I heed the death of my existence as little
+as that of the passing day; but you may save my honour, your friend's
+honour."---"How? tell me how? I would do any thing," replied Aubrey.
+---"I need but little---my life ebbs apace---I cannot explain the
+whole---but if you would conceal all you know of me, my honour were
+free from stain in the world's mouth---and if my death were unknown
+for some time in England---I---I---but life."---" It shall not be
+known."---"Swear !" cried the dying man, raising himself with exultant
+violence, " Swear by all your soul reveres, by all your nature fears,
+swear that, for a year and a day you will not impart your knowledge of
+my crimes or death to any living being in any way, whatever may
+happen, or whatever you may see. "---His eyes seemed bursting from
+their sockets: " I swear !" said Aubrey; he sunk laughing upon his
+pillow, and breathed no more.
+
+Aubrey retired to rest, but did not sleep; the many circumstances
+attending his acquaintance with this man rose upon his mind, and he
+knew not why; when he remembered his oath a cold shivering came over
+him, as if from the presentiment of something horrible awaiting him.
+Rising early in the morning, he was about to enter the hovel in which
+he had left the corpse, when a robber met him, and informed him that
+it was no longer there, having been conveyed by himself and comrades,
+upon his retiring, to the pinnacle of a neighbouring mount, according
+to a promise they had given his lordship, that it should be exposed to
+the first cold ray of the moon that rose after his death. Aubrey
+astonished, and taking several of the men, determined to go and bury
+it upon the spot where it lay. But, when he had mounted to the summit
+he found no trace of either the corpse or the clothes, though the
+robbers swore they pointed out the identical rock: on which they had
+laid the body. For a time his mind was bewildered in conjectures, but
+he at last returned, convinced that they had buried the corpse for the
+sake of the clothes.
+
+Weary of a country in which he had met with such terrible misfortunes,
+and in which all apparently conspired to heighten that superstitious
+melancholy that had seized upon his mind, he resolved to leave it, and
+soon arrived at Smyrna. While waiting for a vessel to convey him to
+Otranto, or to Naples, he occupied himself in arranging those effects
+be had with him belonging to Lord Ruthven. Amongst other things there
+was a case containing several weapons of offence, more or less adapted
+to ensure the death of the victim. There were several daggers and
+ataghans. Whilst turning them over, and examining their curious forms,
+what was his surprise at finding a sheath apparently ornamented in the
+same style as the dagger discovered in the fatal hut---he
+shuddered---hastening to gain further proof, he found the weapon, and
+his horror may be imagined when he discovered that it fitted, though
+peculiarly shaped, the sheath he held in his hand. His eyes seemed to
+need no further certainty---they seemed gazing to be bound to the
+dagger; yet still he wished to disbelieve; but the particular form,
+the same varying tints upon the haft and sheath were alike in
+splendour on both, and left no room for doubt; there were also drops
+of blood on each.
+
+He left Smyrna, and on his way home, at Rome, his first inquiries were
+concerning the lady he had attempted to snatch from Lord Ruthven's
+seductive arts. Her parents were in distress, their fortune ruined,
+and she had not been heard of since the departure of his lordship.
+Aubrey's mind became almost broken under so many repeated horrors; he
+was afraid that this lady had fallen a victim to the destroyer of
+Ianthe. He became morose and silent; and his only occupation consisted
+in urging the speed of the postilions, as if he were going to save the
+life of some one he held dear. He arrived at Calais; a breeze, which
+seemed obedient to his will, soon wafted him to the English shores;
+and he hastened to the mansion of his fathers, and there, for a
+moment, appeared to lose, in the embraces and caresses of his sister,
+all memory of the past. If she before, by her infantine caresses, had
+gained his affection, now that the woman began to appear, she was
+still more attaching as a companion.
+
+Miss Aubrey had not that winning grace which gains the gaze and
+applause of the drawing-room assemblies. There was none of that light
+brilliancy which only exists in the heated atmosphere of a crowded
+apartment. Her blue eye was never lit up by the levity of the mind
+beneath. There was a melancholy charm about it which did not seem to
+arise from misfortune, but from some feeling within, that appeared to
+indicate a soul conscious of a brighter realm. Her step was not that
+light footing, which strays where'er a butterfly or a colour may
+attract---it was sedate and pensive. When alone, her face was never
+brightened by the smile of joy; but when her brother breathed to her
+his affection, and would in her presence forget those griefs she knew
+destroyed his rest, who would have exchanged her smile for that of the
+voluptuary? It seemed as if those eyes,---that face were then playing
+in the light of their own native sphere. She was yet only eighteen,
+and had not been presented to the world, it having been thought by her
+guardians more fit that her presentation should be delayed until her
+brother's return from the continent, when he might be her protector.
+It was now, therefore, resolved that the next drawing-room, which was
+fast approaching, should be the epoch of her entry into the "busy
+scene. " Aubrey would rather have remained in the mansion of his
+fathers, and fed upon the melancholy which overpowered him. He could
+not fed interest about the frivolities of fashionable strangers, when
+his mind had been so torn by the events he had witnessed; but he
+determined to sacrifice his own comfort to the protection of his
+sister. They soon arrived in town, and prepared for the next day,
+which had been announced as a drawing-room.
+
+The crowd was excessive---a drawing-room had not been held for a long
+time, and all who were anxious to bask in the smile of royalty,
+hastened thither. Aubrey was there with his sister. While he was
+standing in a corner by himself, heedless of all around him, engaged
+in the remembrance that the first time he had seen Lord Ruthven was in
+that very place---he felt himself suddenly seized by the arm, and a
+voice he recognized too well, sounded in his ear---" Remember your
+oath. " He had hardly courage to turn, fearful of seeing a spectre
+that would blast him, when he perceived, at a little distance, the
+same figure which had attracted his notice on this spot upon his first
+entry into society. He gazed till his limbs almost refusing to bear
+their weight, he was obliged to take the arm of a friend, and forcing
+a passage through the crowd, he threw himself into his carriage, and
+was driven home. He paced the room with hurried steps, and fixed his
+hands upon his head, as if he were afraid his thoughts were bursting
+from his brain. Lord Ruthven again before him---circumstances started
+up in dreadful array---the dagger---his oath.---He roused himself, he
+could not believe it possible---the dead rise again!---He thought his
+imagination had conjured up the image, his mind was resting upon. It
+was impossible that it could be real ---he determined, therefore, to
+go again into society; for though he attempted to ask concerning Lord
+Ruthven, the name hung upon his lips, and he could not succeed in
+gaining information. He went a few nights after with lib sister to the
+assembly of a near relation. Leaving her under the protection of a
+matron, ho retired into a recess, and there gave himself up to his own
+devouring thoughts. Perceiving, at last, that many were leaving, he
+roused himself, and entering another room, found his sister surrounded
+by several, apparently in earnest conversation; he attempted to pass
+and get near her, when one, whom he requested to move, turned round,
+and revealed to him those features he most abhorred. He sprang
+forward, seized his sister's arm, and, with hurried step, forced her
+towards the street: at the door he found himself impeded by the crowd
+of servants who were waiting for their lords; and while he was engaged
+in passing them, he again heard that voice whisper close to
+him--"Remember your oath!"--He did not dare to turn, but, hurrying his
+sister, soon reached home.
+
+Aubrey became almost distracted. If before his mind had been absorbed
+by one subject, how much more completely was it engrossed, now that
+the certainty of the monster's living again pressed upon his thoughts.
+His sister's attentions were now unheeded, and it was in vain that she
+intreated him to explain to her what had caused his abrupt conduct. He
+only uttered a few words, and those terrified her. The more he
+thought, the more he was bewildered. His oath startled him;--was he
+then to allow this monster to roam, bearing ruin upon his breath,
+amidst all he held dear, and not avert its progress? His very sister
+might have been touched by him. But even if he were to break his oath,
+and disclose his suspicions, who would believe him? He thought of
+employing his own hand to free the world from such a wretch; but
+death, he remembered, had been already mocked. For days he remained in
+this state; shut up in his room, he saw no one, and eat only when his
+sister came, who, with eyes streaming with tears, besought him, for
+her sake, to support nature. At last, no longer capable of bearing
+stillness and solitude, he left his house, roamed from street to
+street, anxious to fly that image which haunted him. His dress became
+neglected, and he wandered, as often exposed to the noon-day sun as to
+the midnight damps. He was no longer to be recognized; at first he
+returned with the evening to the house; but at last he laid him down
+to rest wherever fatigue overtook him. His sister, anxious for his
+safety, employed people to follow him; but they were soon distanced by
+him who fled from a pursuer swifter than any---from thought. His
+conduct, however, suddenly changed. Struck with the idea that he left
+by his absence the whole of his friends, with a fiend amongst them, of
+whose presence they were unconscious, he determined to enter again
+into society, and watch him closely, anxious to forewarn, in spite of
+his oath, all whom Lord Ruthven approached with intimacy. But when he
+entered into a room, his haggard and suspicious looks were so
+striking, his inward shudderings so visible, that his sister was at
+last obliged to beg of him to abstain from seeking, for her sake, a
+society which affected him so strongly. When, however, remonstrance
+proved unavailing, the guardians thought proper to interpose, and,
+fearing that his mind was becoming alienated, they thought it high
+time to resume again that trust which had been before imposed upon
+them by Aubrey's parents.
+
+Desirous of saving him from the injuries and sufferings he had daily
+encountered in his wanderings, and of preventing him from exposing to
+the general eye those marks of what they considered folly, they
+engaged a physician to reside in the house, and take constant care of
+him. He hardly appeared to notice it, so completely was his mind
+absorbed by one terrible subject. His incoherence became at last so
+great, that he was confined to his chamber. There he would often lie
+for days, incapable of being roused. He had become emaciated, his eyes
+had attained a glassy lustre;---the only sign of affection and
+recollection remaining displayed itself upon the entry of his sister;
+then he would sometimes start, and, seizing her hands, with looks that
+severely affliced her, he would desire her not to touch him. " Oh, do
+not touch him---if your love for me is aught, do not go near him!"
+When, however, she inquired to whom he referred, his only answer was,
+"True! true! and again he sank into a state, whence not even she could
+rouse him. This lasted many months: gradually, however, as the year
+was passing, his incoherences became less frequent, and his mind threw
+off a portion of its gloom, whilst his guardians observed, that
+several times in the day he would count upon his fingers a definite
+number, and then smile.
+
+The time had nearly elapsed, when, upon the last day of the year, one
+of his guardians entering his room, began to converse with his
+physician upon the melancholy circumstance of Aubrey's being in so
+awful a situation, when his sister was going next day to be married.
+Instantly Aubrey's attention was attracted; he asked anxiously to
+whom. Glad of this mark of returning intellect, of which they feared
+he had been deprived, they mentioned the name of the Earl of Marsden.
+Thinking this was a young Earl whom he had met with in society, Aubrey
+seemed pleased, and astonished them still more by his expressing his
+intention to be present tit the nuptials, and desiring to see his
+sister. They answered not, but in a few minutes his sister was with
+him. He was apparently again capable of being affected by the
+influence of her lovely smile; for he pressed her to his breast, and
+kissed her check, wet with tears, flowing at the thought of her
+brother's being once more alive to the feelings of affection. He began
+to speak with all his wonted warmth, and to congratulate her upon her
+marriage with a person so distinguished for rank and every
+accomplishment; when he suddenly perceived a locket upon her breast;
+opening it, what was his surprise at beholding the features of the
+monster who had so long influenced his life. He seized the portrait in
+a paroxysm of rage, and trampled it under foot. Upon her asking him
+why he thus destroyed the resemblance of her future husband, he looked
+as if he did not understand her---then seizing her hands, and gazing
+on her with a frantic expression of countenance, he bade her swear
+that she would never wed this monster, for he----But he could not
+advance---it seemed as if that voice again bade him remember his
+oath---he turned suddenly round, thinking Lord Ruthven was near him
+but saw no one. In the meantime the guardians and physician, who had
+heard the whole, and thought this was but a return of his disorder,
+entered, and forcing him from Miss Aubrey, desired her to leave him.
+He fell upon his knees to them, he implored, he begged of them to
+delay but for one day. They, attributing this to the insanity they
+imagined had taken possession of his mind, endeavoured to pacify him,
+and retired.
+
+Lord Ruthven had called the morning after the drawing-room, and had
+been refused with every one else. When he heard of Aubrey's ill
+health, he readily understood himself to be the cause of it; but when
+he learned that he was deemed insane, his exultation and pleasure
+could hardly be concealed from those among whom he had gained this
+information. He hastened to the house of his former companion, and, by
+constant attendance, and the pretence of great affection for the
+brother and interest in his fate, he gradually won the car of Miss
+Aubrey. Who could resist his power? His tongue had dangers and toils
+to recount--could speak of himself as of an individual having no
+sympathy with any being on the crowded earth, save with her to whom he
+addressed himself;--could tell how, since he knew her, his existence,
+had begun to seem worthy of preservation, if it were merely that he
+might listen to her soothing accents;--in fine, he knew so well how to
+use the serpent's art, or such was the will of fate, that he gained
+her affections. The title of the elder branch falling at length to
+him, lie obtained an important embassy, which served as an excuse for
+hastening the marriage, (in spite of her brother's deranged state,)
+which was to take place the very day before his departure for the
+continent.
+
+Aubrey, when he was left by the physician and his guardians, attempted
+to bribe the servants, but in vain. He asked for pen and paper; it was
+given him; be wrote a letter to his sister, conjuring her, as she
+valued her own happiness, her own honour, and the honour of those now
+in the grave, who once held her in their arms as their hope and the
+hope of their house, to delay but for a few hours that marriage, on
+which he denounced the most heavy curses. The servants promised they
+would deliver it; but giving it to the physician, he thought it better
+not to harass any more the mind of Miss Aubrey by, what he considered,
+the ravings of a maniac. Night passed on without rest to the busy
+inmates of the house; and Aubrey heard, with a horror that may more
+easily be conceived than described, the notes of busy preparation.
+Morning came, and the sound of carriages broke upon his ear. Aubrey
+grew almost frantic. The curiosity of the servants at last overcame
+their vigilance, they gradually stole away, leaving him in the custody
+of an helpless old woman. He seized the opportunity, with one bound
+was out of the room, and in a moment found himself in the apartment
+where all were nearly assembled. Lord Ruthven was the first to
+perceive him: lie immediately approached, and, taking his arm by
+force, hurried him from the room, speechless with rage. When on the
+staircase, Lord Ruthven whispered in his ear--" Remember your oath,
+and know, if not my bride to day, your sister is dishonoured. Women
+are frail!" So saying, he pushed him towards his attendants, who,
+roused by the old woman, had come in search of him. Aubrey could no
+longer support himself; his rage not finding vent, had broken a
+blood-vessel, and he was conveyed to bed. This was not mentioned to
+his sister, who was not present when he entered, as the physician was
+afraid of agitating her. The marriage was solemnized, and the bride
+and bridegroom left London.
+
+Aubrey's weakness increased; the effusion of blood produced symptoms
+of the near approach of death. He desired his sister's guardians might
+be called, and when the midnight hour had struck, he related
+composedly what the reader has perused--he died immediately after.
+
+The guardians hastened to protect Miss Aubrey; but when they arrived,
+it was too late. Lord Ruthven had disappeared, and Aubrey's sister had
+glutted the thirst of a VAMPYRE!
+  _________________________________________________________________
+
+                         EXTRACT OF A LETTER,
+
+                        CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT
+
+                                  OF
+
+                        LORD BYRON'S RESIDENCE
+
+                                IN THE
+
+                         ISLAND OF MITYLENE.
+  _________________________________________________________________
+
+                               ACCOUNT
+
+                                  OF
+
+                     LORD BYRON'S RESIDENCE, &c.
+                            ______________
+
+"The world was all before him, where to choose his place of rest, and
+                        Providence his guide."
+
+IN Sailing through the Grecian Archipelago, on board one of his
+Majesty's vessels, in the year 1812, we put into the harbour of
+Mitylene, in the island of that name. The beauty of this place, and
+the certain supply of cattle and vegetables always to be had there,
+induce many British vessels to visit it---both men of war and
+merchantmen; and though it lies rather out of the track for ships
+bound to Smyrna, its bounties amply repay for the deviation of a
+voyage. We landed; as usual, at the bottom of the bay, and whilst the
+men were employed in watering, and the purser bargaining for cattle
+with the natives, the clergyman and myself took a ramble to the cave
+called Homer's School, and other places, where we had been before. On
+the brow of Mount Ida (a small monticule so named) we met with and
+engaged a young Greek as our guide, who told us he had come from Scio
+with an English lord, who left the island four days previous to our
+arrival in his felucca. "He engaged me as a pilot, " said the Greek, "
+and would have taken me with him; but I did not choose to quit
+Mitylene, where I am likely to get married. He was an odd, but a very
+good man. The cottage over the hill, facing the river, belongs to him,
+and he has left an old man in charge of it: he gave Dominick, the
+wine-trader, six hundred zechines for it, (about 250l. English
+currency,) and has resided there about fourteen months, though not
+constantly; for he sails in his felucca very often to the different
+islands. "
+
+This account excited our curiosity very much, and we lost no time in
+hastening to the house where out countryman had resided. We were
+kindly received by an old man, who conducted us over the mansion. It
+consisted of four apartments on the ground-floor---an entrance hall, a
+drawing-room, a sitting parlour, and a bed-room, with a spacious
+closet annexed. They were all simply decorated: plain green-stained
+walls, marble tables on either side, a large myrtle in the centre, and
+a small fountain beneath, which could be made to play through the
+branches by moving a spring fixed in the side of a small bronze Venus
+in a leaning posture; a large couch or sofa completed the furniture.
+In the hall stood half a dozen English cane chairs, and an empty
+book-case: there were no mirrors, nor a single painting. The
+bedchamber had merely a large mattress spread on the floor, with two
+stuffed cotton quilts and a pillow---the common bed throughout Greece.
+In the sitting-room we observed a marble recess, formerly, the old man
+told us, filled with books and papers, which were then in a large
+seaman's chest in the closet: it was open, but we did not think
+ourselves justified in examining the contents. On the tablet of the
+recess lay Voltaire's, Shakspeare's, Boileau's, and Rousseau's works
+complete; Volney's Ruins of Empires; Zimmerman, in the German
+language; Klopstock's Messiah; Kotzebue's novels; Schiller's play of
+the Robbers; Milton's Paradise Lost, an Italian edition, printed at
+Parma in 1810; several small pamphlets from the Greek press at
+Constantinople, much torn, but no English book of any description.
+Most of these books were filled with marginal notes, written with a
+pencil, in Italian and Latin. The Messiah was literally scribbled all
+over, and marked with slips of paper, on which also were remarks.
+
+The old man said: " The lord had been reading these books the evening
+before he sailed, and forgot to place them with the others; but, "
+said he, " there they must lie until his return; for he is so
+particular, that were I to move one thing without orders, he would
+frown upon me for a week together; he is otherways very good. I once
+did him a service; and I have the produce of this farm for the trouble
+of taking care of it, except twenty zechines which I pay to an aged
+Armenian who resides in a small cottage in the wood, and whom the lord
+brought here from Adrianople; I don't know for what reason. "
+
+The appearance of the house externally was pleasing. The portico in
+front was fifty paces long and fourteen broad, and the fluted marble
+pillars with black plinths and fret-work cornices, (as it is now
+customary in Grecian architecture,) were considerably higher than the
+roof. The roof, surrounded by a light stone balustrade, was covered by
+a fine Turkey carpet, beneath an awning of strong coarse linen. Most
+of the house-tops are thus furnished, as upon them the Greeks pass
+their evenings in smoking, drinking light wines, such as " lachryma
+christi, " eating fruit, and enjoying the evening breeze.
+
+On the left hand as we entered the house, a small streamlet glided
+away, grapes, oranges and limes were clustering together on its
+borders, and under the shade of two large myrtle bushes, a marble scat
+with an ornamental wooden back was placed, on which we were told, the
+lord passed many of his evenings and nights till twelve o'clock,
+reading, writing, and talking to himself. " I suppose, " said the old
+man, "praying" for he was very devout, and always attended our church
+twice a week, besides Sundays. "
+
+The view from this seat was what may be termed " a bird's-eye view. "
+A line of rich vineyards led the eye to Mount Calcla, covered with
+olive and myrtle trees in bloom, and on the summit of which an ancient
+Greek temple appeared in majestic decay. A small stream issuing from
+the ruins descended in broken cascades, until it was lost in the woods
+near the mountain's base. The sea smooth as glass, and an horizon
+unshadowed by a single cloud, terminates the view in front; and a
+little on the left, through a vista of lofty chesnut and palm-trees,
+several small islands were distinctly observed, studding the light
+blue wave with spots of emerald green. I seldom enjoyed a view more
+than I did this; but our enquiries were fruitless as to the name of
+the person who had resided in this romantic solitude: none knew his
+name but Dominick, his banker, who had gone to Candia. " The Armenian,
+" said our conductor, " could tell, but I am sure he will not,"---"And
+cannot you tell, old friend?" said I---" If I can, " said he, " I dare
+not. " We had not time to visit the Armenian, but on our return to the
+town we learnt several particulars of the isolated lord. He had
+portioned eight young girls when he was last upon the island, and even
+danced with them at the nuptial feast. He gave a cow to one man,
+horses to others, and cotton and silk to the girls who live by weaving
+these articles. He also bought a new boat for a fisherman who had lost
+his own in a gale, and he often gave Greek Testaments to the poor
+children. In short, he appeared to us, from all we collected, to have
+been a very eccentric and benevolent character. One circumstance we
+learnt, which our old friend at the cottage thought proper not to
+disclose. He had a most beautiful daughter, with whom the lord was
+often seen walking on the sea-shore, and he had bought her a
+piano-forte, and taught her himself the use of it.
+
+Such was the information with which we departed from the peaceful isle
+of Mitylene; our imaginations all on the rack, guessing who this
+rambler in Greece could be. He had money it was evident: he had
+philanthropy of disposition, and all those eccentricities which mark
+peculiar genius. Arrived at Palermo, all our doubts were dispelled.
+Falling in company with Mr. FOSTER, the architect, a pupil of WYATT'S,
+who had been travelling in Egypt and Greece, " The individual, " said
+he, " about whom you are so anxious, is Lord Byron; I met him in my
+travels on the island of Tenedos, and I also visited him at Mitylene.
+" We had never then heard of his lordship's fame, as we had been some
+years from home; but "Childe Harolde" being put into our hands we
+recognized the recluse of Calcla in every page. Deeply did we regret
+not having been more curious in our researches at the cottage, but we
+consoled ourselves with the idea of returning to Mitylene on some
+future day; but to me that day will never return. I make this
+statement, believing it not quite uninteresting, and in justice to his
+lordship's good name, which has been grossly slandered. He has been
+described as of an unfeeling disposition, averse to associating with
+human nature, or contributing in any way to sooth its sorrows, or add
+to its pleasures. The fact is directly the reverse, as may be plainly
+gathered from these little anecdotes. All the finer feelings of the
+heart, so elegantly depicted in his lordship's poems, seem to have
+their seat in his bosom. Tenderness, sympathy, and charity appear to
+guide all his actions: and his courting the repose of solitude is an
+additional reason for marking him as a being on whose heart Religion
+hath set her seal, and over whose head Benevolence hath thrown her
+mantle. No man can read the preceding pleasing "traits" without
+feeling proud of him as a countryman. With respect to his loves or
+pleasures, I do not assume a right to give an opinion. Reports are
+ever to be received with caution, particularly when directed against
+man's moral integrity; and he who dares justify himself before that
+awful tribunal where all must appear, alone may censure the errors of
+a fellow-mortal. Lord Byron's character is worthy of his genius. To do
+good in secret, and shun the world's applause, is the surest testimony
+of a virtuous heart and self-approving conscience.
+
+                               THE END
+                        _____________________
+
+             Gillet, Printer, Crown-court, Fleet-street.
+
+
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