The House of the Vampire

eir souls in the sea-breez

there, seated at table and quenching their thirst with high-balls, they watched the feverish palpitations o

htful rings of sm

sland resort?" he said to Jack, whose eyes, following the impulse of his more rob

nd he is going to get it. Like a huntsman, he follows the scent of happiness; but I warrant that always it eludes him.

e life of every man when a petticoat is more attr

silent remonstrance that he acquiesced when Jack inv

hy

are inte

not fi

ey losses came, with work in shop or factory, and th

's side, kept prattling in his ear, ready to tell the story of her life to any one

rial. He thought I had a voice. They called me Betsy, the Hyacinth Girl. At first it seemed as if peop

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as just used u

ghtf

ce--and the tobacco smoke-

ed down

ke your presen

not young? Am

, but with a simple coquetti

er, Ernest asked, half-reproachfully: "Jack

n't

u mean

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then, you see, it's like a

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llars of society; s

"that is the most