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Varney the Vampire

Chapter 7 THE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.-THE MYSTERY.

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ld be highly imprudent to say anything to her of the proceedings of the nig

"you see you have been qu

ept long,

d pleasantly

and I feel much refreshed,

aven!" sa

er that I am awake, I will

it as a favourable sign, that Flora did not object to bein

uade ourselves that all this alarm would pass away, and that we should hear

ve, Henry, th

ot be satisfied in my mind,

sit?

family

thought you had ab

abandoned it; but it comes ac

h regr

pened has tended to confirm a belief in this most

ha

e of things, by getting something, however slight, or of a negative c

ehend yo

have been visited here by a vampyre but that that vampyre is our ancestor, whose portr

most

ces. If we find, as most surely we shall, the coffin of the ancestor of ours, who seems, in

how many years

great

could remain of any corpse p

ing to show that a corpse has so undergone the process common to all nature. Doubl

eason in th

f lead, and some of stone, so t

most

be that of our ancestor whom we seek, we find the evident remains of a

s adventure," said George; "if

I finally decide, I will again consult with Mr.

he garden," said George, as he looked fro

brothers warmly welcomed him

n early afoot

ould not sleep, and I went out once more to search about the spot where we had seen th

much in a name

" said Marchdale. "It is a

y discovery?

what

o trace of

the l

d I were talking over this proj

es

r judgments until we saw you

," said Mr. Marchdale, "becaus

o

t you make

dee

that one coffin is untenanted. Now, if you do find it so, you scarcely make matters worse, by an additional co

most

y in the tomb, and gone the way of all flesh, you will find yourselves much calmer,

t I was using to George," said

," said George,

cided then,"

ith caution," rep

manage it, of

course we lose nothing by making a night visit to a v

ainly

t it be

re the concurrence of some

ted in and belonging to yourself you wish to visit, and, therefore, you have righ

estine visit might produc

means of getting into it. There is only one objection that I

aid Henry. "I did

on," said Mr. Marchdale, "if she will consider herself sufficie

ll three present at the examinati

ive Flora a night of sleeplessness and uneasiness on that account, and the more par

ainly

am much bent upon the plan, and fain would not forego it; nei

go to-night; and, from your acquaintance with the place, dou

id Henry; "it is not only secured down, but it is l

dee

hort flight of stone steps, whic

it l

moderate chamber, and wit

e no difficu

d to think is very far from likely. All we shall require will be a screwdriver, with

vide, along with lights,

minds, and enabling you to make a successful stand against the streaming torrent o

I will go at once to Flora, and endeavour to

can induce Mr. Chillingworth to come with us, it

n accurate decision with respect to the remai

George. "He did not seem averse la

pon Flora; and should he not feel disposed to join us,

e, and Mr. Marchdale wished to go out for about a couple of hours in the evening

tly trembled, and then, as if a

u. Surely no harm can come to

nger than the time I men

be kept thus in fear all my life? Surely, sure

at the idea

u, do you think you would

o, H

f you to shoot any one without the least he

Heaven protect me from a repetition of the visit to which I have now been once subjected

tation that something may arise to afford a far less dreadful explanation of what has occurred than what you have put upon it. Be of good

hout his apprehension that when the night should come again, her fears would return with it; but he s

d, and Henry waited with much eagerness and anxiety now for the coming night, which he hoped would

uld depend, and he took good care to load them well, so that there coul

er than you are now, and therefore I need give you no instructions. If any int

ill; and you will b

suredly

al to what it had been on the preceding night Still, however, it had sufficient power over the vapours that frequently covered it for many minutes togeth

that they had with them all the tools that were necessary, inclusive of the same small, but well-tempered iron crow-bar with which Marchdale had, on

uch alarmed," said Marchda

courage which I knew was in her disposition to resist as much as poss

e driven some

ason tottered on its throne, but,

h her life," added Marchdale, "she

nt believe that such a

ng girls would never at all have recov

it, which I am rejoiced to see, because it is one whi

u before-but she actually asked me for

ch surp

ised, as well as

d I been aware of her having made such a re

yes;

I have them

e is pr

ovi

nent, and she has them both well loaded, so that if the vampyre make

was it not

all, I

e may have the pleasure, when we return, of finding him dead. By-the-bye, I-I-. Ble

nfortu

while I run bac

are to

t this moment, some dis

hillingworth

octor again. "Is that you, m

" cried

h now came up to

rch, which would have exposed me to observation perhaps, I

we should c

ly. It is unquestionably your m

l go back," sa

imed the doct

g lights. We have candles, bu

never without some chemical matches of my own manufacture, so that

ortunate,"

ile's hard walking for me, or at least hal

ry, it was situated at the end of a long lane, which was a mile nearly from the village, in the direction of the hall, therefore,

t were occupied by persons who held situations about the sacred edifice,

me, had acquired almost the consistency of stone itself. There were numerous arched windows, partaking something of the more florid gothic style, although scarcely ornamental enough to be called such.

s way while travelling in the neighbourhood to look at it, and it had an extensive

courage, in older to erect flimsy, Italianised structures in their stead, yet sufficient of them remain dotted over England to interest the traveller. At Walesden there is a church of this description which will well repay a visit. This, then, was the ki

hat evening, when they reached the little wicket-gate which led in

remarked Henry, "for we are

et in?" said Mr. Chillingworth, as he paus

George, "would eff

it be don

glass from one of the low windows, and then we can one of us put in our hands, and undo the fasteni

d Marchdale. "We

low window indeed, near to an angle of the wall, where

it, Henry?"

astenings. Just give me a slight

of the leadwork which held in one of the panes of glass, and

t when we leave, so that there can be no si

Henry had succeeded in opening the window, and the mode of ingress to the

hat a place so inefficiently p

"There is nothing to take that I am aware of t

dee

velvet; but beyond that, and an old box, in which I believe n

n knows, is litt

there is nothing beneath the windo

cred edifice, and then Henry closed the wind

and I trust that Heaven will pardon me for thus desecrating the tomb of my

amper with the secrets of the

k!" said the doctor. "What s

ut, my d

te of us all, should be regarded with more philosophic eyes than it is. There ar

do you

y probably we shall fin

h is

nimal remains-beyond that I know of nothing

sion hardens you

ething almost too dreadful to look upon, and by far too horrible to touch, surgery would lose

hall run the greatest chance in the world of

Mr. Chillingworth. "A match held low down

l be the

elonged to his family, and in the

st opened?" inq

id Henry; "some ten month

had ample time to fix th

ingworth, as he suddenly irradiated the pew with a c

the short time that the light lasted had enabled Henr

light now," he said, "I

n y

ere are

it, t

required, with deep indentations to receive the screw-driver, he found no difficulty in feeling for the proper places,

r matches, if you please. I have all the screws s

said the

r greater security, since, of course, the intention was to replace everything exactly as it was found, in order that not the least surm

"There is no further obstacl

at I should be descending into a vault for the purpose of ascertaining if a dead body, which had been nearly a century there, was removed

hat we may not. What appears to us so improbable as to border even upon the impossible at one time

r the one beside the other. As Henry had stated, the vault was by no means of large extent. Indeed, sever

ave been expected, considering the number of months which had elapsed since

rth. You say you have the candles, I think,

They ar

contained several wax candles, and when it w

tches," said Mr. Chillingworth,

well provided as you are with the means of getting a light. These matches, which I thought I had not with me, have been

to him by Marchdale, and in another moment the vault fro

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1 Chapter 1 No.12 Chapter 2 THE ALARM.-THE PISTOL SHOT.-THE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.3 Chapter 3 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.-FLORA'S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.-THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.4 Chapter 4 THE MORNING.-THE CONSULTATION.-THE FEARFUL SUGGESTION.5 Chapter 5 THE NIGHT WATCH.-THE PROPOSAL.-THE MOONLIGHT.-THE FEARFUL ADVENTURE.6 Chapter 6 A GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.-THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MYSTERIOUS APPARITION'S APPEARANCE.7 Chapter 7 THE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.-THE MYSTERY.8 Chapter 8 THE COFFIN.-THE ABSENCE OF THE DEAD.-THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE CONSTERNATION OF GEORGE.9 Chapter 9 THE OCCURRENCES OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.-THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE VAMPYRE, AND THE PISTOL-SHOT.10 Chapter 10 THE RETURN FROM THE VAULT.-THE ALARM, AND THE SEARCH AROUND THE HALL.11 Chapter 11 THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LOVER.-THE HEART'S DESPAIR.12 Chapter 12 CHARLES HOLLAND'S SAD FEELINGS.-THE PORTRAIT.-THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.13 Chapter 13 THE OFFER FOR THE HALL.-THE VISIT TO SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.-THE STRANGE RESEMBLANCE.-A DREADFUL SUGGESTION.14 Chapter 14 HENRY'S AGREEMENT WITH SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.-THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL AT THE HALL.-FLORA'S ALARM.15 Chapter 15 THE OLD ADMIRAL AND HIS SERVANT.-THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE LANDLORD OF THE NELSON'S ARMS.16 Chapter 16 THE MEETING OF THE LOVERS IN THE GARDEN.-AN AFFECTING SCENE.-THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.17 Chapter 17 THE EXPLANATION.-THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADMIRAL AT THE HOUSE.-A SCENE OF CONFUSION, AND SOME OF ITS RESULTS.18 Chapter 18 THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE.-THE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.-THE NEW SERVANT AT THE HALL.19 Chapter 19 FLORA IN HER CHAMBER.-HER FEARS.-THE MANUSCRIPT.-AN ADVENTURE.20 Chapter 20 THE DREADFUL MISTAKE.-THE TERRIFIC INTERVIEW IN THE CHAMBER.-THE ATTACK OF THE VAMPYRE.21 Chapter 21 THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW, AND THE ALARM.22 Chapter 22 THE CONSULTATION.-THE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE HALL.23 Chapter 23 THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE TO CHARLES HOLLAND.-THE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.24 Chapter 24 THE LETTER TO CHARLES.-THE QUARREL.-THE ADMIRAL'S NARRATIVE.-THE MIDNIGHT MEETING.25 Chapter 25 THE ADMIRAL'S OPINION.-THE REQUEST OF CHARLES.26 Chapter 26 THE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT IN THE PARK.-THE TURRET WINDOW IN THE HALL.-THE LETTERS.27 Chapter 27 THE NOBLE CONFIDENCE OF FLORA BANNERWORTH IN HER LOVER.-HER OPINION OF THE THREE LETTERS.-THE ADMIRAL'S ADMIRATION.28 Chapter 28 MR. MARCHDALE'S EXCULPATION OF HIMSELF.-THE SEARCH THROUGH THE GARDENS.-THE SPOT OF THE DEADLY STRUGGLE.-THE MYSTERIOUS PAPER.29 Chapter 29 A PEEP THROUGH AN IRON GRATING.-THE LONELY PRISONER IN HIS DUNGEON.-THE MYSTERY.30 Chapter 30 THE VISIT OF FLORA TO THE VAMPYRE.-THE OFFER.-THE SOLEMN ASSEVERATION.31 Chapter 31 SIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND HIS MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.-THE STRANGE CONFERENCE.32 Chapter 32 THE THOUSAND POUNDS.-THE STRANGER'S PRECAUTIONS.33 Chapter 33 THE STRANGE INTERVIEW.-THE CHASE THROUGH THE HALL.34 Chapter 34 THE THREAT.-ITS CONSEQUENCES.-THE RESCUE, AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.35 Chapter 35 THE EXPLANATION.-MARCHDALE'S ADVICE.-THE PROJECTED REMOVAL, AND THE ADMIRAL'S ANGER.36 Chapter 36 THE CONSULTATION.-THE DUEL AND ITS RESULTS.37 Chapter 37 SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S SEPARATE OPPONENTS.-THE INTERPOSITION OF FLORA.38 Chapter 38 MARCHDALE'S OFFER.-THE CONSULTATION AT BANNERWORTH HALL.-THE MORNING OF THE DUEL.39 Chapter 39 THE STORM AND THE FIGHT.-THE ADMIRAL'S REPUDIATION OF HIS PRINCIPAL.40 Chapter 40 THE POPULAR RIOT.-SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.-THE SUGGESTION AND ITS RESULTS.41 Chapter 41 VARNEY'S DANGER, AND HIS RESCUE.-THE PRISONER AGAIN, AND THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULT.42 Chapter 42 THE OPEN GRAVES.-THE DEAD BODIES.-A SCENE OF TERROR.43 Chapter 43 THE PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING BANNERWORTH HALL, AND THE MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL AND MR. CHILLINGWORTH.44 Chapter 44 THE REMOVAL FROM THE HALL.-THE NIGHT WATCH, AND THE ALARM.45 Chapter 45 THE STAKE AND THE DEAD BODY.46 Chapter 46 THE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.-THE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADMISSION.47 Chapter 47 THE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.-THE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADMISSION. No.4748 Chapter 48 THE ATTACK UPON THE VAMPYRE'S HOUSE.-THE STORY OF THE ATTACK.-THE FORCING OF THE DOORS, AND THE STRUGGLE.49 Chapter 49 THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE MOB AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.-THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.-THE WINE CELLARS.50 Chapter 50 THE DESTRUCTION OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S HOUSE BY FIRE.-THE ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY, AND A SECOND MOB.51 Chapter 51 THE BURNING OF VARNEY'S HOUSE.-A NIGHT SCENE.-POPULAR SUPERSTITION.52 Chapter 52 THE RETURN OF THE MOB AND MILITARY TO THE TOWN.-THE MADNESS OF THE MOB.-THE GROCER'S REVENGE.53 Chapter 53 THE DEPARTURE OF THE BANNERWORTHS FROM THE HALL.-THE NEW ABODE.-JACK PRINGLE, PILOT.54 Chapter 54 THE LONELY WATCH, AND THE ADVENTURE IN THE DESERTED HOUSE.55 Chapter 55 THE ARRIVAL OF JACK PRINGLE.-MIDNIGHT AND THE VAMPYRE.-THE MYSTERIOUS HAT.56 Chapter 56 THE WARNING.-THE NEW PLAN OF OPERATION.-THE INSULTING MESSAGE FROM VARNEY.57 Chapter 57 THE INTERRUPTED BREAKFAST AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.58 Chapter 58 THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.-THE PARTICULARS OF THE SUICIDE AT BANNERWORTH HALL.59 Chapter 59 THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING IN THE RUIN AGAIN.-THE VAMPYRE'S ATTACK UPON THE CONSTABLE.60 Chapter 60 THE GUESTS AT THE INN, AND THE STORY OF THE DEAD UNCLE.61 Chapter 61 THE VAMPIRE IN THE MOONLIGHT.-THE FALSE FRIEND.62 Chapter 62 VARNEY'S VISIT TO THE DUNGEON OF THE LONELY PRISONER IN THE RUINS.63 Chapter 63 FLORA BANNERWORTH'S APPARENT INCONSISTENCY.-THE ADMIRAL'S CIRCUMSTANCES AND ADVICE.-MR. CHILLINGWORTH'S MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE.64 Chapter 64 THE ADMIRAL'S STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL BELINDA.65 Chapter 65 MARCHDALE'S ATTEMPTED VILLANY, AND THE RESULT.66 Chapter 66 FLORA BANNERWORTH AND HER MOTHER.-THE EPISODE OF CHIVALRY.67 Chapter 67 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.68 Chapter 68 THE STRANGE MEETING AT THE HALL BETWEEN MR. CHILLINGWORTH AND THE MYSTERIOUS FRIEND OF VARNEY.69 Chapter 69 THE STRANGE STORY.-THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOB AT THE HALL, AND THEIR DISPERSION.70 Chapter 70 THE VISIT OF THE VAMPIRE.-THE GENERAL MEETING.71 Chapter 71 THE MEETING OF CHARLES AND FLORA.72 Chapter 72 MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS, AND THE VISIT TO THE RUINS.73 Chapter 73 THE SECOND NIGHT-WATCH OF MR. CHILLINGWORTH AT THE HALL.74 Chapter 74 VARNEY IN THE GARDEN.-THE COMMUNICATION OF DR. CHILLINGWORTH TO THE ADMIRAL AND HENRY.75 Chapter 75 THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN VARNEY AND THE EXECUTIONER IN THE HALL.-THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT.76 Chapter 76 THE VAMPYRE'S DANGER.-THE LAST REFUGE.-THE RUSE OF HENRY BANNERWORTH.77 Chapter 77 THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF MARCHDALE IN THE RUINS BY THE MOB.-THE BURNING OF THE CORPSE.-THE MURDER OF THE HANGMAN.78 Chapter 78 THE VAMPYRE'S FLIGHT.-HIS DANGER, AND THE LAST PLACE OF REFUGE.79 Chapter 79 CHARLES HOLLAND'S PURSUIT OF THE VAMPYRE.-THE DANGEROUS INTERVIEW.80 Chapter 80 THE MYSTERIOUS ARRIVAL AT THE INN.-THE HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN.-THE LETTER TO VARNEY.81 Chapter 81 THE EXCITED POPULACE.-VARNEY HUNTED.-THE PLACE OF REFUGE.82 Chapter 82 THE HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN GETS INTO DANGER.-HE IS FIRED AT, AND SHOWS SOME OF HIS QUALITY.83 Chapter 83 THE DISCOVERY OF THE POCKET BOOK OF MARMADUKE BANNERWORTH.-ITS MYSTERIOUS CONTENTS.84 Chapter 84 THE HUNT FOR VARNEY.-THE HOUSE-TOPS.-THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.-THE LAST PLACE OF REFUGE.-THE COTTAGE.85 Chapter 85 THE RECEPTION OF THE VAMPYRE BY FLORA.-VARNEY SUBDUED.86 Chapter 86 TELLS WHAT BECAME OF THE SECOND VAMPYRE WHO SOUGHT VARNEY.87 Chapter 87 DR. CHILLINGWORTH AT THE HALL.-THE ENCOUNTER OF MYSTERY.-THE CONFLICT.-THE RESCUE, AND THE PICTURE.88 Chapter 88 THE GRAND CONSULTATION BROKEN UP BY MRS. CHILLINGWORTH, AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VARNEY.89 Chapter 89 THE MISADVENTURE OF THE DOCTOR WITH THE PICTURE.90 Chapter 90 THE ALARM AT ANDERBURY.-THE SUSPICIONS OF THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY, AND THE MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION.91 Chapter 91 THE VISITOR, AND THE DEATH IN THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE.92 Chapter 92 THE MARRIAGE IN THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY ARRANGED.93 Chapter 93 THE BARON TAKES ANDERBURY HOUSE, AND DECIDES UPON GIVING A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT.