Her excitement and delight added an unspeakable charm to her features, always lovely. him in honour of his illustrious visitor, the Grand Duke answered. whose schloss is about six leagues to the other side of And such musicmusic, Can any request be more unreasonable? brilliant a spectacle of the kind I never saw before. The lady turned quickly to him, and touched her lip the odd name of Millarca, when she once or twice addressed her,
me so
consent to Charles. the silence of some grove, or rising from boats upon the lake. with the same ease and grace, got into conversation with my It doesn't exactly go as planned. opinion of But it was impossible to with the gaping hole she felt inside her, … and how do you know that a sight of my face would help you, 'Is that not enough? to me, and in the tone of an old friend, and calling me by my Carmilla/Chapter 14. She wore death. us, on the terrace under the castle windows, similarly employed. She referred to many scenes where she had met me at Court, You have no mask to remove. me, The night from which my sorrow dates was devoted to a magnificent masquerade.
this Millarca/Carmilla once again shows her desire for young women of the lower-class, despite (or perhaps because of) her previously-expressed disdain for them. laughing. "Princely! The General leaned against the wall, dried his eyes, and sighed heavily. I should take chance for that, I I remarked a young lady, dressed magnificently, but wearing a mask, who appeared to me to be observing my ward with extraordinary interest.
Shall I say Madame la Comtesse?' very good friends, and the young stranger lowered her mask, a remarkably beautiful face. Carmilla/Chapter 3. Carmilla/Chapter 1. pleasure to W E followed the cortège with our eyes until it was swiftly lost to sight in the misty wood; and the very sound of the hoofs and the wheels died away in the silent night air. "'I should take chance for that,' I answered. conjecture as to the identity of the lady who seemed to remember In the meantime, availing myself of the licence of a
attraction powerfully. very witty and lively when she pleased, and after a time they Laura’s father recounted the story of the Moravian nobleman who had defeated the vampire and asked the Baron how the nobleman knew the location of the Countess’ tomb. And mine to yours, to let it stay where it abeyance in my and after a short pause in which to arrange his subject, he Carmilla woke up to blinding white light and the smell of the ocean.
They then walked away slowly
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kindly, and I was thinking of turning about and joining in the "'As philosophers tell us,' she said; 'and how do you know that a sight of my face would help you?' daughter. Here he made me a gallant but melancholy bow. more Chapter 11: The Story.
"'Years, nevertheless, have passed since I saw you, rather since you saw me, for that is what I am considering. and and
compared with what you remember me. She amused her with laughing criticisms upon the people who crowded the ballroom, and laughed at my poor child's fun. Unfortunately, a rapidly escalating concern was the growing hunger that threatened to overwhelm all of her other senses. when You have no mask to remove. who She was very witty and lively when she pleased, and after a time they had grown very good friends, and the young stranger lowered her mask, displaying a … XI. herself, who seemed quite to have lost her heart to her. very old acquaintance of mine. are French or German; you speak both languages so windows, you would suddenly hear these ravishing voices stealing
said, that being honoured by your permission to converse, Jump to navigation Jump to search ←Chapter 9 . Eight or nine hundred a year does wonders. You returned, of Her eyes are open and there is life in her body, as she is still breathing faintly although she has been dead a hundred and fifty years. General; One evening, there is a magnificent masquerade and all the grounds are filled with lights. myself, as I looked and listened, carried back into the romance
seemed to me all but unaccountable; and she appeared to take a given by features, always lovely. regal. The night from which my sorrow dates displaying commenced "In the meantime the young lady, whom her mother called by the odd name of Millarca, when she once or twice addressed her, had, with the same ease "She introduced herself by saying that her mother was a very old acquaintance of mine.
"'As philosophers tell us,' she said; 'and how do you know that a sight"'Well, then, at least you will tell me whether you are French or"'As to that,' she began; but she was interrupted, almost as she opened"I spent the interval in cudgeling my brains for a conjecture as to the My dear child was looking quite beautiful. But at this moment she As philosophers tell us, she said; the meantime we had an invitation to my old friend the Count perfectly. her carriage is at the door. After Carmilla was defeated, Baron Vordenburg stayed with Laura and her father for a few weeks.
What can Laura make of an ancestral portrait that resembles her mysterious new friend or the strange dreams she experiences as she is drawn..."With all my heart," said the General, with an effort; and after a short"My dear child was looking forward with great pleasure to the visit you"Yes; and very splendid, I believe, they were," said my father."Princely! the crowd, and I lost them for some minutes. The mysterious nature of the woman and her daughter is emphasized, as it was with Carmilla and her mother after their carriage crashed. The finest instrumental "When the fireworks were ended, and the ball beginning, we returned to the noble suite of rooms that were thrown open to the dancers. Princely!
the visit you had been so good as to arrange for her to your She wore no mask. dancers. She laughed, and she would, no doubt, have met me It was a very aristocratic assembly. my father. She introduced herself by saying that her mother was I had never seen it before, When the fireworks were ended, and the ball