Varney the Vampire

Varney the Vampire

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Title: Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood
Author: Thomas Preskett Prest
Release Date: January 29, 2005 [EBook #14833]
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VARNEY THE VAMPIRE
OR THE
FEAST OF BLOOD
A ROMANCE OF EXCITING INTEREST
BY THE AUTHOR OF
"GRACE RIVERS, OR, THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER."
LONDON E. LLOYD, SALISBURY SQUARE, AND ALL
BOOKSELLERS]

VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE:
OR,
THE FEAST OF BLOOD.
A Romance.
"Art thou a spirit of health or goblin damned?"
LONDON:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. LLOYD, 12,
SALISBURY-SQUARE, FLEET-STREET.

CONTENTS


CHAPTER I
.--MIDNIGHT.--THE HAIL-STORM.--THE DREADFUL
VISITOR.--THE VAMPYRE.


CHAPTER II
.--THE ALARM.--THE PISTOL SHOT.--THE PURSUIT AND ITS
CONSEQUENCES.


CHAPTER III
.--THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.--FLORA'S RECOVERY

AND MADNESS.--THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR
FRANCIS VARNEY.


CHAPTER IV
.--THE MORNING.--THE CONSULTATION.--THE FEARFUL
SUGGESTION.


CHAPTER V
.--THE NIGHT WATCH.--THE PROPOSAL.--THE
MOONLIGHT.--THE FEARFUL ADVENTURE.


CHAPTER VI
.--A GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.--THE
PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MYSTERIOUS
APPARITION'S APPEARANCE.


CHAPTER VII
.--THE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND
ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.--THE MYSTERY.


CHAPTER VIII
.--THE COFFIN.--THE ABSENCE OF THE DEAD.--THE
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE CONSTERNATION
OF GEORGE.

CHAPTER IX
.--THE OCCURRENCES OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.--THE
SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE VAMPYRE, AND THE
PISTOL-SHOT.


CHAPTER X
.--THE RETURN FROM THE VAULT.--THE ALARM, AND THE
SEARCH AROUND THE HALL.


CHAPTER XI
.--THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LOVER.--THE HEART'S
DESPAIR.


CHAPTER XII
.--CHARLES HOLLAND'S SAD FEELINGS.--THE
PORTRAIT.--THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.


CHAPTER XIII
.--THE OFFER FOR THE HALL.--THE VISIT TO SIR FRANCIS
VARNEY.--THE STRANGE RESEMBLANCE.--A DREADFUL
SUGGESTION.


CHAPTER XIV
.--HENRY'S AGREEMENT WITH SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.--THE
SUDDEN ARRIVAL AT THE HALL.--FLORA'S ALARM.

CHAPTER XV
.--THE OLD ADMIRAL AND HIS SERVANT.--THE
COMMUNICATION FROM THE LANDLORD OF THE NELSON'S
ARMS.


CHAPTER XVI
.--THE MEETING OF THE LOVERS IN THE GARDEN.--AN
AFFECTING SCENE.--THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SIR
FRANCIS VARNEY.


CHAPTER XVII
.--THE EXPLANATION.--THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADMIRAL AT
THE HOUSE.--A SCENE OF CONFUSION, AND SOME OF ITS
RESULTS.


CHAPTER XVIII
.--THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE.--THE CHALLENGE TO THE
VAMPYRE.--THE NEW SERVANT AT THE HALL.


CHAPTER XIX
.--FLORA IN HER CHAMBER.--HER FEARS.--THE
MANUSCRIPT.--AN ADVENTURE.


CHAPTER XX

.--THE DREADFUL MISTAKE.--THE TERRIFIC INTERVIEW IN
THE CHAMBER.--THE ATTACK OF THE VAMPYRE.


CHAPTER XXI
.--THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW,
AND THE ALARM.


CHAPTER XXII
.--THE CONSULTATION.--THE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE
THE HALL.


CHAPTER XXIII
.--THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE TO CHARLES HOLLAND.--THE
CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.


CHAPTER XXIV
.--THE LETTER TO CHARLES.--THE QUARREL.--THE
ADMIRAL'S NARRATIVE.--THE MIDNIGHT MEETING.


CHAPTER XXV
.--THE ADMIRAL'S OPINION.--THE REQUEST OF CHARLES.


CHAPTER XXVI
.--THE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT IN THE PARK.--THE

TURRET WINDOW IN THE HALL.--THE LETTERS.


CHAPTER XXVII
.--THE NOBLE CONFIDENCE OF FLORA BANNERWORTH IN
HER LOVER.--HER OPINION OF THE THREE LETTERS.--THE
ADMIRAL'S ADMIRATION.


CHAPTER XXVIII
.--MR. MARCHDALE'S EXCULPATION OF HIMSELF.--THE
SEARCH THROUGH THE GARDENS.--THE SPOT OF THE
DEADLY STRUGGLE.--THE MYSTERIOUS PAPER.


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


CHAPTER XXX
.--THE VISIT OF FLORA TO THE VAMPYRE.--THE OFFER.--THE
SOLEMN ASSEVERATION.


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


CHAPTER XXXII

.--THE THOUSAND POUNDS.--THE STRANGER'S
PRECAUTIONS.


CHAPTER XXXIII
.--THE STRANGE INTERVIEW.--THE CHASE THROUGH THE
HALL.


CHAPTER XXXIV
.--THE THREAT.--ITS CONSEQUENCES.--THE RESCUE, AND
SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.


CHAPTER XXXV
.--THE EXPLANATION.--MARCHDALE'S ADVICE.--THE
PROJECTED REMOVAL, AND THE ADMIRAL'S ANGER.


CHAPTER XXXVI
.--THE CONSULTATION.--THE DUEL AND ITS RESULTS.


CHAPTER XXXVII
.--SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S SEPARATE OPPONENTS.--THE
INTERPOSITION OF FLORA.


CHAPTER XXXVIII
.--MARCHDALE'S OFFER.--THE CONSULTATION AT

BANNERWORTH HALL.--THE MORNING OF THE DUEL.


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


CHAPTER XL
.--THE POPULAR