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