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I have lost my darling daughter, for

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as such I loved her.

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During the last days of dear

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Bertha's illness I was not able

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to write to you. Before

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then I had no idea of

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her danger.

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I have lost her, and

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now learn all too

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late. The

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fiend who betrayed our infatuated

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hospitality has done it all. I

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thought I was receiving into my house

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innocents, gaiety, a

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charming companion for my lost Bertha.

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Heavens, what a fool

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I have been! I

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devote my remaining days

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to tracking and extinguishing

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a monster. In

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truth, I know not why

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I am so sad. It

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wearies me.

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You say it wearies you.

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How I got it, came

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by it. I

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forget the rest,

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but I feel as if some great misfortune

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were hanging over us.

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What she did tell me amounted, in my

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unconscionable estimation, to nothing.

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It was all summed up in three very

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vague disclosures. First,

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her name was Carmilla. Second,

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her family was very ancient and noble.

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Third, her home lay in the direction

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of the west.

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sensation like that of two needles piercing

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the skin somewhere about your neck on the

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night when you experienced your first horrible

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dream? We

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have a portrait at home of Mercalla, the Countess Karnstein.

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Should you like to see it? Time enough, dear friend.

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I believe that I have seen the original.

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What? See the Countess Mercalla?

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Why, she's been dead more than a century. Not

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as dead as you fancy,

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I am told.

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Nevertheless, life

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and death are mysterious states,

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and we know little of the resources of either.

2:38

I did not then know what the Doctor had

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been broaching, but

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I think I guess it now. You

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are mine. You

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shall be mine. You

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and I are one forever.

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She held me close in her pretty arms for

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a moment and whispered

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in my ear, Good night, darling.

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It is very hard to part with you, but

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good night. Tomorrow,

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but not early, I

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shall see you again. Carmilla

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is coming your way next winter. Help

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us fund production at patreon.com slash

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raydracula. That's patreon.com

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slash r.e.dracula.

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We're adapting Carmilla next year! Carmilla

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is an 1872 Gothic novella by Sheridan Leigh predating

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Stoker's Dracula by 25 years.

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We here at Regarding Dracula adore

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the story, so we're turning it into a 17-episode

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miniseries starring Sasha Sienna,

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Alan Bergen, Maeve DeBruyn, and

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more. Carmilla is being funded

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via Patreon. Supporters will not

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only get the miniseries months early,

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but also access to behind-the-scenes updates,

4:03

bonus features, and extra content

4:06

galore. Join now at

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patreon.com slash r

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