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ehm ... "I should be posting a slightly embarassing post for the New Year coming up soon" ... New Year?????? good golly, by which calendar do you live, then? the chinese one? the one used on mars? or the chopstick one used by some undiscovered cannibal tribe in southern guatemala? you got me slightly confused there, but i sure miss your new posts!
 

Hi nomwl1---

Take your time. It's just great to know you're still planning on posting something!---anything! soon.

Hope you're doing great!

All The Best,

Rocket
 

Hello nomwl!

Can't wait (...) for your new post.
;)

Best from
Parzival
 

Hi Pal,
Hope life is good with you.
Vince
 

Rocket! Parzie! Vinnie! Confusie?

What is this only slightly embarrassing post coming up?

I'm rubbing my bunions in anticipation!


Oh...my...
that's slightly embarrassing,
isn't it. ;)
 

I don't have a music blog, but I've been uploading and trading ALOT of music online lately. Namely library music. I would really love to have a copy of "Chaquito Plays The Themes From TV Thrillers". If you could upload it for me I'll send you a few album uploads. Just tell me what you like, and I'll let you know if I have it!...I currently have around 360 records, 97 CD's, 73 tapes and over 100 minidiscs with over 4500 songs (none of the minidiscs can be ripped until I purchase a Sony M200). I'm sure I'll have something you'll like.
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Haven't we had enough of "this" (see above), here?
Let's ignore it and keep awaiting Nomwl1's emberassing post...;)
 

àààààààrgh, this wait is going beyond simple embarassment !! (i've been holding my breath ever since you announced this slightly embarassing post, you see, and now my face is starting to turn a peculiar shade of blue and pink).

marketing-wise this building-up of tension would easily qualify as "creating a hype" :-)
 

Hi nomwl1---

Are you still stuck onboard The International Spacestation? Let me know if you need a lift home.

Rocket
 

Hi,
Thanks for your nice blog.
I noticed that you have shared a nice album by maestro PETIT.

I hope you can also share this great one:

Jean-Claude Petit (France)

The Best of All Possible Worlds (1978)


Thanks in advance.
Vincent.
 

Surely bunions have been worn off by now.
 

Hello my friend. It's been a while since I've stopped by. But you are missed, and I wish you health and happiness. Drop by when you get a chance. :)
 

I downloaded both Lassie and Superman music and they both came up with encrytic password. So can someone post me the password to both of them.

Thank you.

Music Lover...
 

@ bob

password = youdont
 

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is this site, like, has-been, ex, former, now-slightly-abandoned, defunct, deceased or on the contrary just simply temporarily outta gas?
 

Dead....
 

Hi Nomwl1!!!

Sorry to hear about your bunions :(

My Great, Great Granny left me a jar of "Mona My Bunion's Is Killin'Me! Toejam & Miracle Salve" and if you need, I can send it to the Librarian of your choice!

Just let me know dear friend! ;)
 

Oh well, Happy New year anyway, nomwl1!

All the very best for 2009.
 

i second that! CHEEEEEEEEERZ!
 

Are you EVER coming back? I'm starting to see some of your compilations showing up on other blogs and e-mail groups with the speculation that those fools actually drove you off - Say it ain't so!!
 

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The Vampyre
by John Polidori


It happened that in the midst of the dissipations attendant upon London
winter, there appeared at the various parties of the leaders of the ton a
nobleman more remarkable for his singularities, than his rank. He gazed
upon the mirth around him, as if he could not participate therein.
Apparently, the light laughter of the fair only attracted his attention, that
he might by a look quell it and throw fear into those breasts where
thoughtlessness reigned. Those who felt this sensation of awe, could
not explain whence it arose: some attributed it to the dead grey eye,
which, fixing upon the object's face, did not seem to penetrate, and at
one glance to pierce through to the inward workings of the heart; but
fell upon the cheek with a leaden ray that weighed upon the skin it could
not pass. His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house; all
wished to see him, and those who had been accustomed to violent excitement, and now felt
the weight of ennui, were pleased at having something in their presence capable of engaging
their attention. In spite of the deadly hue of his face, which never gained a wanner tint,
either from the blush of modesty, or from the strong emotion of passion, though its form and
outline were beautiful, many of the female hunters after notoriety attempted to win his
attentions, and gain, at least, some marks of what they might term affection: Lady Mercer,
who had been the mockery of every monster shewn in drawing-rooms since her marriage,
threw herself in his way, and did all but put on the dress of a mountebank, to attract his
notice -- though in vain; -- when she stood before him, though his eyes were apparently
fixed upon hers, still it seemed as if they were unperceived; -- even her unappalled
impudence was baffled, and she left the field. But though the common adultress could not
influence even the guidance of his eyes, it was not that the female sex was indifferent to
him: yet such was the apparent caution with which he spoke to the virtuous wife and
innocent daughter, that few knew he ever addressed himself to females. He had, however,
the reputation of a winning tongue; and whether it was that it even overcame the dread of
his singular character, or that they were moved by his apparent hatred of vice, he was as
often among those females who form the boast of their sex from their domestic virtues, as
among those who sully it by their vices.

About the same time, there came to London a young gentleman of the name of Aubrey: he
was an orphan left with an only sister in the possession of great wealth, by parents who
died while he was yet in childhood. Left also to himself by guardians, who thought it their
duty merely to take care of his fortune, while they relinquished the more important charge of
his mind to the care of mercenary subalterns, he cultivated more his imagination than his
judgment. He had, hence, that high romantic feeling of honour and candour, which daily ruins
so many milliners' apprentices. He believed all to sympathise with virtue, and thought that
vice was thrown in by Providence merely for the picturesque effect of the scene, as we see in
romances: he thought that the misery of a cottage merely consisted in the vesting of clothes,
which were as warm, but which were better adapted to the painter's eye by their irregular
folds and various coloured patches. He thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the
realities of life. He was handsome, frank, and rich: for these reasons, upon his entering into
the gay circles, many mothers surrounded him, striving which should describe with least truth
their languishing or romping favourites: the daughters at the same time, by their brightening
countenances when he approached, and by their sparkling eyes, when he opened his lips,
soon led him into false notions of his talents and his merit. Attached as he was to the
romance of his solitary hours, he was startled at finding, that, except in the tallow and wax
candles that flickered, not from the presence of a ghost, but from want of snuffing, there was
no foundation in real life for any of that congeries of pleasing pictures and descriptions
contained in those volumes, from which he had formed his study. Finding, however, some
compensation in his gratified vanity, he was about to relinquish his dreams, when the
extraordinary being we have above described, crossed him in his career.

He watched him; and the very impossibility of forming an idea of the character of a man
entirely absorbed in himself, who gave few other signs of his observation of external objects,
than the tacit assent to their existence, implied by the avoidance of their contact: allowing his
imagination to picture every thing that flattered its propensity to extravagant ideas, he soon
formed this object into the hero of a romance, and determined to observe the offspring of his
fancy, rather than the person before him. He became acquainted with him, paid him
attentions, and so far advanced upon his notice, that his presence was always recognised.
He gradually learnt that Lord Ruthven's affairs were embarrassed, and soon found, from the
notes of preparation in ---- Street, that he was about to travel. Desirous of gaining some
information respecting this singular character, who, till now, had only whetted his curiosity,
he hinted to his guardians, that it was time for him to perform the tour, which for many
generations has been thought necessary to enable the young to take some rapid steps in
the career of vice towards putting themselves upon an equality with the aged, and not
allowing them to appear as if fallen from the skies, whenever scandalous intrigues are
mentioned as the subjects of pleasantry or of praise, according to the degree of skill shewn
in carrying them on. They consented: and Aubrey immediately mentioning his intentions to
Lord Ruthven, was surprised to receive from him a proposal to join him. Flattered such a mark
of esteem from him, who, apparently, had nothing in common with other men, he gladly
accepted it, and in a few days they had passed the circling waters.

Hitherto, Aubrey had had no opportunity of studying Lord Ruthven's character, and now he
found, that, though many more of his actions were exposed to his view, the results offered
different conclusions from the apparent motives to his conduct. His companion was profuse in
his liberality; -- the idle, the vagabond, and the beggar, received from his hand more than
enough to relieve their immediate wants. But Aubrey could not avoid remarking, that it was
not upon the virtuous, reduced to indigence by the misfortunes attendant even upon virtue,
that he bestowed his alms; -- these were sent from the door with hardly suppressed sneers;
but when the profligate came to ask something, not to relieve his wants, but to allow him to
wallow in his lust, to sink him still deeper in his iniquity, he was sent away with rich charity.
This was, however, attributed by him to the greater importunity of the vicious, which
generally prevails over the retiring bashfulness of the virtuous indigent. There was one
circumstance about the charity of his Lordship, which was still more impressed upon his mind:
all those upon whom it was bestowed, inevitably found that there was a curse upon it, for
they were all either led to the scaffold, or sunk to the lowest and the most abject misery. At
Brussels and other towns through which they passed, Aubrey was surprised at the apparent
eagerness with which his companion sought for the centres of all fashionable vice; there he
entered into all the spirit of the faro table: he betted and always gambled with success,
except where the known sharper was his antagonist, and then he lost even more than he
gained; but it was always with the same unchanging face, with which he generally watched
the society around: it was not, however, so when he encountered the rash youthful novice,
or the luckless father of a numerous family; then his very wish seemed fortune's law -- this
apparent abstractedness of mind was laid aside, and his eyes sparkled with more fire than
that of the cat whilst dallying with the half-dead mouse. In every town, he left the formerly
affluent youth, torn from the circle he adorned, cursing, in the solitude of a dungeon, the fate
that had drawn him within the reach of this fiend; whilst many a father sat frantic, amidst the
speaking looks of mute hungry children, without a single farthing of his late immense wealth,
wherewith to buy even sufficient to satisfy their present craving. Yet he took no money from
the gambling table; but immediately lost, to the ruiner of many, the last gilder he had just
snatched from the convulsive grasp of the innocent: this might but be the result of a certain
degree of knowledge, which was not, however, capable of combating the cunning of the
more experienced. Aubrey often wished to represent this to his friend, and beg him to resign
that charity and pleasure which proved the ruin of all, and did not tend to his own profit; but
he delayed it -- for each day he hoped his friend would give him some opportunity of
speaking frankly and openly to him; however, this never occurred. Lord Ruthven in his
carriage, and amidst the various wild and rich scenes of nature, was always the same: his
eye spoke less than his lip; and though Aubrey was near the object of his curiosity, he
obtained no greater gratification from it than the constant excitement of vainly wishing to
break that mystery, which to his exalted imagination began to assume the appearance of
something supernatural.

They soon arrived at Rome, and Aubrey for a time lost sight of his companion; he left him in
daily attendance upon the morning circle of an Italian countess, whilst he went in search of
the memorials of another almost deserted city. Whilst he was thus engaged, letters arrived
from England, which he opened with eager impatience; the first was from his sister,
breathing nothing but affection; the others were from his guardians, the latter astonished
him; if it had before entered into his imagination that there was an evil power resident in his
companion these seemed to give him almost sufficient reason for the belief. His guardians
insisted upon his immediately leaving his friend, and urged that his character was dreadfully
vicious, for that the possession of irresistible powers of seduction, rendered his licentious
habits more dangerous to society. It had been discovered, that his contempt for the
adultress had not originated in hatred of her character; but that he had required, to enhance
his gratification, that his victim, the partner of his guilt, should be hurled from the pinnacle of
unsullied virtue, down to the lowest abyss of infamy and degradation: in fine, that all those
females whom he had sought, apparently on account of their virtue, had, since his departure,
thrown even the mask aside, and had not scrupled to expose the whole deformity of their
vices to the public gaze.

Aubrey determined upon leaving one, whose character had not shown a single bright point
on which to rest the eye. He resolved to invent some plausible pretext for abandoning him
altogether, purposing, in the mean while, to watch him more closely, and to let no slight
circumstances pass by unnoticed. He entered into the same circle, and soon perceived, that
his Lordship was endeavouring to work upon the inexperience of the daughter of the lady
whose house he chiefly frequented. In Italy, it is seldom that an unmarried female is met with
in society; he was therefore obliged to carry on his plans in secret; but Aubrey's eye followed
him in all his windings, and soon discovered that an assignation had been appointed, which
would most likely end in the ruin of an innocent, though thoughtless girl. Losing no time, he
entered the apartment of Lord Ruthven, and abruptly asked him his intentions with respect
to the lady, informing him at the same time that he was aware of his being about to meet her
that very night. Lord Ruthven answered, that his intentions were such as he supposed all
would have upon such an occasion; and upon being pressed whether he intended to marry
her, merely laughed. Aubrey retired; and, immediately writing a note, to say, that from that
moment he must decline accompanying his Lordship in the remainder of their proposed tour,
he ordered his servant to seek other apartments, and calling upon the mother of the lady
informed her of all he knew, not only with regard to her daughter, but also concerning the
character of his Lordship. The assignation was prevented. Lord Ruthven next day merely sent
his servant to notify his complete assent to a separation; but did not hint any suspicion of his
plans having been foiled by Aubrey's interposition.

Having left Rome, Aubrey directed his steps towards Greece, and crossing the Peninsula,
soon found himself at Athens. He then fixed residence in the house of a Greek; and soon
occupied himself in tracing the faded records of ancient glory upon monuments that
apparently, ashamed of chronicling the deeds of freemen only before slaves, had hidden
themselves beneath the sheltering soil or many coloured lichen. Under the same roof as
himself, existed a being, so beautiful and delicate, that she might have formed the model for
a painter, wishing to portray on canvass the promised hope of the faithful in Mahomet's
paradise, save that her eyes spoke too much mind for any one to think she could belong to
those who had no souls. As she danced upon the plain, or tripped along the mountain's side,
one would have thought the gazelle a poor type of her beauties; for who would have
exchanged her eye, apparently the eye of animated nature, for that sleepy luxurious look of
the animal suited but to the taste of an epicure. The light step of Ianthe often accompanied
Aubrey in his search after antiquities, and often would the unconscious girl, engaged in the
pursuit of a Kashmere butterfly, show the whole beauty of her form, boating as it were upon
the wind, to the eager gaze of him, who forgot the letters he had just decyphered upon an
almost effaced tablet, in the contemplation of her sylph-like figure. Often would her tresses
falling, as she flitted around, exhibit in the sun's ray such delicately brilliant and swiftly fading
hues, as might well excuse the forgetfulness of the antiquary, who let escape from his mind
the very object he had before thought of vital importance to the proper interpretation of a
passage in Pausanias. But why attempt to describe charms which all feel, but none can
appreciate? -- It was innocence, youth, and beauty, unaffected by crowded drawing-rooms
and stifling balls. Whilst he drew those remains of which he wished to preserve a memorial
for his future hours, she would stand by, and watch the magic effects of his pencil, in tracing
the scenes of her native place; she would then describe to him the circling dance upon the
open plain, would paint to him in all the glowing colours of youthful memory, the marriage
pomp she remembered viewing in her infancy; and then, turning to subjects that had
evidently made a greater impression upon her mind, would tell him all the supernatural tales
of her nurse. Her earnestness and apparent belief of what she narrated, excited the interest
even of Aubrey; and often as she told him the tale of the living vampyre, who had passed
years amidst his friends, and dearest ties, forced every year, by feeding upon the life of a
lovely female to prolong his existence for the ensuing months, his blood would run cold,
whilst he attempted to laugh her out of such idle and horrible fantasies; but Ianthe cited to
him the names of old men, who had at last detected one living among themselves, after
several of their near relatives and children had been found marked with the stamp of the
fiend's appetite; and when she found him so incredulous, she begged of him to believe her,
for it had been remarked, that those who had dared to question their existence, always had
some proof given, which obliged them, with grief and heartbreaking, to confess it was true.
She detailed to him the traditional appearance of these monsters, and his horror was
increased by hearing a pretty accurate description of Lord Ruthven; he, however, still
persisted in persuading her, that there could be no truth in her fears, though at the same
time he wondered at the many coincidences which had all tended to excite a belief in the
supernatural power of Lord Ruthven.

Aubrey began to attach himself more and more to Ianthe; her innocence, so contrasted with
all the affected virtues of the women among whom he had sought for his vision of romance,
won his heart and while he ridiculed the idea of a young man of English habits, marrying an
uneducated Greek girl, still he found himself more and more attached to the almost fairy form
before him. He would tear himself at times from her, and, forming a plan for some antiquarian
research, would depart, determined not to return until his object was attained; but he
always found it impossible to fix his attention upon the ruins around him, whilst in his mind he
retained an image that seemed alone the rightful possessor of his thoughts. Ianthe was
unconscious of his love, and was ever the same frank infantile being he had first known. She
always seemed to part from him with reluctance; but it was because she had no longer any
one with whom she could visit her favourite haunts, whilst her guardian was occupied in
sketching or uncovering some fragment which had yet escaped the destructive hand of time.
She had appealed to her parents on the subject of Vampyres, and they both, with several
present, affirmed their existence, pale with horror at the very name. Soon after, Aubrey
determined to proceed upon one of his excursions, which was to detain him for a few hours;
when they heard the name of the place, they all at once begged of him not to return at night,
as he must necessarily pass through a wood, where no Greek would ever remain, after the
day had closed, upon any consideration. They described it as the resort of the vampyres in
their nocturnal orgies and denounced the most heavy evils as impending upon him who
dared to cross their path. Aubrey made light of their representations, and tried to laugh them
out of the idea; but when he saw them shudder at his daring thus to mock a superior,
infernal power, the very name of which apparently made their blood freeze, he was silent.

Next morning Aubrey set off upon his excursion unattended; he was surprised to observe the
melancholy face of his host, and was concerned to find that his words, mocking the belief of
those horrible fiends, had inspired them with such terror. When he was about to depart,
Ianthe came to the side of his horse, and earnestly begged of him to return, ere night
allowed the power of these beings to be put in action; -- he promised. He was, however, so
occupied in his research, that he did not perceive that day-light would soon end, and that in
the horizon there was one of those specks which, in the warmer climates, so rapidly gather
into a tremendous mass, and pour all their rage upon the devoted country. -- He at last,
however, mounted his horse, determined to make up by speed for his delay: but it was too
late. Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown; immediately the sun sets, night
begins: and ere he had advanced far, the power of the storm was above -- its echoing
thunders had scarcely an interval of rest; -- its thick heavy rain forced its way through the
canopying foliage, whilst the blue forked lightning seemed to fall and radiate at his very feet.
Suddenly his horse took fright, and he was carried with dreadful rapidity through the
entangled forest. The animal at last, through fatigue, stopped, and he found, by the glare of
lightning, that he was in the neighbourhood of a hovel that hardly lifted itself up from the
masses of dead leaves and brushwood which surrounded it. Dismounting, he approached,
hoping to find some one to guide him to the town, or at least trusting to obtain shelter from
the pelting of the storm. As he approached, the thunders, for a moment silent, allowed him to
hear the dreadful shrieks of a woman mingling with the stifled, exultant mockery of a laugh,
continued in one almost unbroken sound; -- he was startled: but, roused by the thunder
which again rolled over his head, he, with a sudden effort, forced open the door of the hut.
He found himself in utter darkness: the sound, however, guided him. He was apparently
unperceived; for, though he called, still the sounds continued, and no notice was taken of
him. He found himself in contact with some one, whom he immediately seized; when a voice
cried, "Again baffled!" to which a loud laugh succeeded; and he felt himself grappled by one
whose strength seemed superhuman: determined to sell his life as dearly as he could, he
struggled; but it was in vain: he was lifted from his feet and hurled with enormous force
against the ground: -- his enemy threw himself upon him, and kneeling upon his breast, had
placed his hands upon his throat when the glare of many torches penetrating through the
hole that gave light in the day, disturbed him; -- he instantly rose, and, leaving his prey,
rushed through the door, and in a moment the crashing of branches, as he broke through the
wood, was no longer heard. The storm was now still; and Aubrey, incapable of moving, was
soon heard by those without. They entered; the light of their torches fell upon mud walls,
and the thatch loaded on every individual straw with heavy flakes of soot. At the desire of
Aubrey they searched for her who had attracted him by her cries; he was again left in
darkness; but what was his horror, when the light of the torches once more burst upon him,
to perceive the airy form of his fair conductress brought in a lifeless corpse. He shut his eyes,
hoping that it was but a vision arising from his disturbed imagination; but he again saw the
same form, when he unclosed them, stretched by his side. There was no colour upon her
cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a stillness about her face that seemed almost as
attaching as the life that once dwelt there: -- upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon
her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein: -- to this the men pointed,
crying, simultaneously struck with horror, "A Vampyre! a Vampyre!" A litter was quickly
formed, and Aubrey was laid by the side of her who had lately been to him the object of so
many bright and fairy visions, now fallen; with the flower of life that had died within her. He
knew not what his thoughts were -- his mind was benumbed and seemed to shun reflection
and take refuge in vacancy; -- he held almost unconsciously in his hand a naked dagger of a
particular construction, which had been found in the hut. They were soon met by different
parties who had been engaged in the search of her whom a mother had missed. Their
lamentable cries as they approached the city, forewarned the parents of some dreadful
catastrophe. -- To describe their grief would be impossible; but when they ascertained the
cause of their child's death, they looked at Aubrey and pointed to the corpse. They were
inconsolable; both died brokenhearted.

Aubrey being put to bed was seized with a most violent fever, and was often delirious; in
these intervals he would call upon Lord Ruthven and upon Ianthe -- by some unaccountable
combination he seemed to beg of his former companion to spare the being he loved. At other
times he would imprecate maledictions upon his head, and curse him as her destroyer. Lord
Ruthven chanced at this time to arrive at Athens, and from whatever motive, upon hearing of
the state of Aubrey, immediately placed himself in the same house, and became his constant
attendant. When the latter recovered from his delirium, he was horrified and startled at the
sight of him whose image he had now combined with that of a Vampyre; but Lord Ruthven,
by his kind words, implying almost repentance for the fault that had caused their separation,
and still more by the attention, anxiety, and care which he showed, soon reconciled him to
his presence. His lordship seemed quite changed; he no longer appeared that apathetic
being who had so astonished Aubrey; but as soon as his convalescence began to be rapid,
he again gradually retired into the same state of mind, and Aubrey perceived no difference
from the former man, except that at times he was surprised to meet his gaze fixed intently
upon him, with a smile of malicious exultation playing upon his lips: he knew not why, but this
smile haunted him. During the last stage of the invalid's recovery, Lord Ruthven was
apparently engaged in watching the tideless waves raised by the cooling breeze, or in
marking the progress of those orbs, circling, like our world, the moveless sun; -- indeed, he
appeared to wish to avoid the eyes of all.

Aubrey's mind, by this shock, was much weakened, and that elasticity of spirit which had
once so distinguished him now seemed to have fled for ever. He was now as much a lover of
solitude and silence as Lord Ruthven; but much as he wished for solitude, his mind could not
find it in the neighbourhood of Athens; if he sought it amidst the ruins he had formerly
frequented, Ianthe's form stood by his side; -- if he sought it in the woods, her light step
would appear wandering amidst the underwood, in quest of the modest violet; then
suddenly turning round, would show, to his wild imagination, her pale face and wounded
throat, with a meek smile upon her lips. He determined to fly scenes, every feature of which
created such bitter associations in his mind. He proposed to Lord Ruthven, to whom he held
himself bound by the tender care he had taken of him during his illness, that they should visit
those parts of Greece neither had yet seen. They travelled in every direction, and sought
every spot to which a recollection could be attached: but though they thus hastened from
place to place, yet they seemed not to heed what they gazed upon. They heard much of
robbers, but they gradually began to slight these reports, which they imagined were only the
invention of individuals, whose interest it was to excite the generosity of those whom they
defended from pretended dangers. In consequence of thus neglecting the advice of the
inhabitants, on one occasion they travelled with only a few guards, more to serve as guides
than as a defence. Upon entering, however, a narrow defile, at the bottom of which was the
bed of a torrent, with large masses of rock brought down from the neighbouring precipices,
they had reason to repent their negligence; for scarcely were the whole of the party
engaged in the narrow pass, when they were startled by the whistling of bullets close to
their heads, and by the echoed report of several guns. In an instant their guards had left
them, and, placing themselves behind rocks, had begun to fire in the direction whence the
report came. Lord Ruthven and Aubrey, imitating their example, retired for a moment behind
the sheltering turn of the defile: but ashamed of being thus detained by a foe, who with
insulting shouts bade them advance, and being exposed to unresisting slaughter, if any of
the robbers should climb above and take them in the rear, they determined at once to rush
forward in search of the enemy. Hardly had they lost the shelter of rock, when Lord Ruthven
received a shot in the shoulder, which brought him to the ground. Aubrey hastened to his
assistance; and, no longer heeding the contest or his own peril, was soon surprised by
seeing the robbers' faces around him -- his guards having, upon Lord Ruthven's being
wounded, immediately thrown up their arms and surrendered.

By promises of great reward, Aubrey soon induced them to convey his wounded friend to a
neighbouring cabin; and having agreed upon a ransom, he was no more disturbed by their
presence -- they being content merely to guard the entrance till their comrade should return
with the promised sum, for which he had an order. Lord Ruthven's strength rapidly
decreased; in two days mortification ensued, and death seemed advancing with hasty steps.
His conduct and appearance had not changed; he seemed as unconscious of pain as he had
been of the objects about him: but towards the close of the last evening, his mind became
apparently uneasy, and his eye often fixed upon Aubrey, who was induced to offer his
assistance with more than usual earnestness -- "Assist me! you may save me -- you may do
more than that -- I mean not life, I heed the death of my existence as little as that of the
passing day; but you may save my honour, your friend's honour." -- "How? tell me how? I
would do any thing," replied Aubrey. -- "I need but little, my life ebbs apace -- I cannot
explain the whole -- but if you would conceal all you know of me, my honour were free from
stain in the world's mouth -- and if my death were unknown for some time in England -- I -- I
-- but life." -- "It shall not be known." -- "Swear!" cried the dying man raising himself with
exultant violence. "Swear by all your soul reveres, by all your nature fears, swear that for a
year and a day you will not impart your knowledge of my crimes or death to any living being
in any way, whatever may happen, or whatever you may see." -- His eyes seemed bursting
from their sockets; "I swear!" said Aubrey; he sunk laughing upon his pillow, and breathed
no more.

Aubrey retired to rest, but did not sleep; the many circumstances attending his acquaintance
with this man rose upon his mind, and he knew not why; when he remembered his oath a
cold shivering came over him, as if from the presentiment of something horrible awaiting him.
Rising early in the morning, he was about to enter the hovel in which he had left the corpse,
when a robber met him, and informed him that it was no longer there, having been conveyed
by himself and comrades, upon his retiring, to the pinnacle of a neighbouring mount,
according to a promise they had given his lordship, that it should be exposed to the first cold
ray of the moon that rose after his death. Aubrey astonished, and taking several of the men,
determined to go and bury it upon the spot where it lay. But, when he had mounted to the
summit he found no trace of either the corpse or the clothes, though the robbers swore they
pointed out the identical rock on which they had laid the body. For a time his mind was
bewildered in conjectures, but he at last returned, convinced that they had buried the corpse
for the sake of the clothes.

Weary of a country in which he had met with such terrible misfortunes, and in which all
apparently conspired to heighten that superstitious melancholy that had seized upon his
mind, he resolved to leave it, and soon arrived at Smyrna. While waiting for a vessel to
convey him to Otranto, or to Naples, he occupied himself in arranging those effects he had
with him belonging to Lord Ruthven. Amongst other things there was a case containing
several weapons of offence, more or less adapted to ensure the death of the victim. There
were several daggers and ataghans. Whilst turning them over, and examining their curious
forms, what was his surprise at finding a sheath apparently ornamented in the same style as
the dagger discovered in the fatal hut; -- he shuddered; hastening to gain further proof, he
found the weapon, and his horror may be imagined when he discovered that it fitted, though
peculiarly shaped, the sheath he held in his hand. His eyes seemed to need no further
certainty -- they seemed gazing to be bound to the dagger, yet still he wished to disbelieve;
but the particular form, the same varying tints upon the haft and sheath were alike in
splendour on both, and left no room for doubt; there were also drops of blood on each.

He left Smyrna, and on his way home, at Rome, his first inquiries were concerning the lady he
had attempted to snatch from Lord Ruthven's seductive arts. Her parents were in distress,
their fortune ruined, and she had not been heard of since the departure of his lordship.
Aubrey's mind became almost broken under so many repeated horrors; he was afraid that
this lady had fallen a victim to the destroyer of Ianthe. He became morose and silent; and his
only occupation consisted in urging the speed of the postilions, as if he were going to save
the life of some one he held dear. He arrived at Calais; a breeze, which seemed obedient to
his will, soon wafted him to the English shores; and he hastened to the mansion of his
fathers, and there, for a moment, appeared to lose, in the embraces and caresses of his
sister, all memory of the past. If she before, by her infantine caresses, had gained his
affection, now that the woman began to appear, she was still more attaching as a
companion.

Miss Aubrey had not that winning grace which gains the gaze and applause of the
drawing-room assemblies. There was none of that light brilliancy which only exists in the
heated atmosphere of a crowded apartment. Her blue eye was never lit up by the levity of
the mind beneath. There was a melancholy charm about it which did not seem to arise from
misfortune, but from some feeling within, that appeared to indicate a soul conscious of a
brighter realm. Her step was not that light footing, which strays where'er a butterfly or a
colour may attract -- it was sedate and pensive. When alone, her face was never brightened
by the smile of joy; but when her brother breathed to her his affection, and would in her
presence forget those griefs she knew destroyed his rest, who would have exchanged her
smile for that of the voluptuary? It seemed as if those eyes, that face were then playing in
the light of their own native sphere. She was yet only eighteen, and had not been presented
to the world, it having been thought by her guardians more fit that her presentation should
be delayed until her brother's return from the continent, when he might be her protector. It
was now, therefore, resolved that the next drawing-room, which was fast approaching,
should be the epoch of her entry into the "busy scene." Aubrey would rather have remained
in the mansion of his fathers, and feed upon the melancholy which overpowered him. He
could not feel interest about the frivolities of fashionable strangers, when his mind had been
so torn by the events he had witnessed; but he determined to sacrifice his own comfort to
the protection of his sister. They soon arrived in town, and prepared for the next day, which
had been announced as a drawing- room.

The crowd was excessive -- a drawing-room had not been held for long time, and all who
were anxious to bask in the smile of royalty, hastened thither. Aubrey was there with his
sister. While he was standing in a corner by himself, heedless of all around him, engaged in
the remembrance that the first time he had seen Lord Ruthven was in that very place -- he
felt himself suddenly seized by the arm, and a voice he recognized too well, sounded in his
ear -- "Remember your oath." He had hardly courage to turn, fearful of seeing a spectre that
would blast him, when he perceived, at a little distance, the same figure which had attracted
his notice on this spot upon his first entry into society. He gazed till his limbs almost refusing
to bear their weight, he was obliged to take the arm of a friend, and forcing a passage
through the crowd, he threw himself into his carriage, and was driven home. He paced the
room with hurried steps, and fixed his hands upon his head, as if he were afraid his thoughts
were bursting from his brain. Lord Ruthven again before him -- circumstances started up in
dreadful array -- the dagger -- his oath. -- He roused himself, he could not believe it possible
-- the dead rise again! -- He thought his imagination had conjured up the image his mind was
resting upon. It was impossible that it could be real -- he determined, therefore, to go again
into society; for though he attempted to ask concerning Lord Ruthven, the name hung upon
his lips and he could not succeed in gaining information. He went a few nights after with his
sister to the assembly of a near relation. Leaving her under the protection of a matron, he
retired into a recess, and there gave himself up to his own devouring thoughts. Perceiving, at
last, that many were leaving, he roused himself, and entering another room, found his sister
surrounded by several, apparently in earnest conversation; he attempted to pass and get
near her, when one, whom he requested to move, turned round, and revealed to him those
features he most abhorred. He sprang forward, seized his sister's arm, and, with hurried
step, forced her towards the street: at the door he found himself impeded by the crowd of
servants who were waiting for their lords; and while he was engaged in passing them, he
again heard that voice whisper close to him -- "Remember your oath!" -- He did not dare to
turn, but, hurrying his sister, soon reached home.

Aubrey became almost distracted. If before his mind had been absorbed by one subject, how
much more completely was it engrossed now that the certainty of the monster's living again
pressed upon his thoughts. His sister's attentions were now unheeded, and it was in vain
that she intreated him to explain to her what had caused his abrupt conduct. He only uttered
a few words, and those terrified her. The more he thought, the more he was bewildered. His
oath startled him; -- was he then to allow this monster to roam, bearing ruin upon his breath,
amidst all he held dear, and not avert its progress? His very sister might have been touched
by him. But even if he were to break his oath, and disclose his suspicions, who would believe
him? He thought of employing his own hand to free the world from such a wretch; but death,
he remembered, had been already mocked. For days he remained in state; shut up in his
room, he saw no one, and ate only when his sister came, who, with eyes streaming with
tears, besought him, for her sake, to support nature. At last, no longer capable of bearing
stillness and solitude, he left his house, roamed from street to street, anxious to fly that
image which haunted him. His dress became neglected, and he wandered, as often exposed
to the noon-day sun as to the mid-night damps. He was no longer to be recognized; at first
he returned with evening to the house; but at last he laid him down to rest wherever fatigue
overtook him. His sister, anxious for his safety, employed people to follow him; but they were
soon distanced by him who fled from a pursuer swifter than any -- from thought. His conduct,
however, suddenly changed. Struck with the idea that he left by his absence the whole of his
friends, with a fiend amongst them, of whose presence they were unconscious, he
determined to enter again into society, and watch him closely, anxious to forewarn, in spite
of his oath, all whom Lord Ruthven approached with intimacy. But when he entered into a
room, his haggard and suspicious looks were so striking, his inward shuddering so visible,
that his sister was at last obliged to beg of him to abstain from seeking, for her sake, a
society which affected him so strongly. When, however, remonstrance proved unavailing, the
guardians thought proper to interpose, and, fearing that his mind was becoming alienated,
they thought it high time to resume again that trust which had been before imposed upon
them by Aubrey's parents.

Desirous of saving him from the injuries and sufferings he had daily encountered in his
wanderings, and of preventing him from exposing to the general eye those marks of what
they considered folly, they engaged a physician to reside in the house, and take constant
care of him. He hardly appeared to notice it, so completely was his mind absorbed by one
terrible subject. His incoherence became at last so great that he was confined to his
chamber. There he would often lie for days, incapable of being roused. He had become
emaciated, his eyes had attained a glassy lustre; -- the only sign of affection and recollection
remaining displayed itself upon the entry of his sister; then he would sometimes start, and,
seizing her hands, with looks that severely afflicted her, he would desire her not to touch
him. "Oh, do not touch him -- if your love for me is aught, do not go near him!" When,
however, she inquired to whom he referred, his only answer was, "True! true!" and again he
sank into a state, whence not even she could rouse him. This lasted many months: gradually,
however, as the year was passing, his incoherences became less frequent, and his mind
threw off a portion of its gloom, whilst his guardians observed, that several times in the day
he would count upon his fingers a definite number, and then smile.

The time had nearly elapsed, when, upon the last day of the year, one of his guardians
entering his room, began to converse with his physician upon the melancholy circumstance of
Aubrey's being in so awful a situation, when his sister was going next day to be married.
Instantly Aubrey's attention was attracted; he asked anxiously to whom. Glad of this mark of
returning intellect, of which they feared he had been deprived, they mentioned the name of
the Earl of Marsden. Thinking this was a young Earl whom he had met with in society, Aubrey
seemed pleased, and astonished them still more by his expressing his intention to be
present at the nuptials, and desiring to see his sister. They answered not, but in a few
minutes his sister was with him. He was apparently again capable of being affected by the
influence of her lovely smile; for he pressed her to his breast, and kissed her cheek, wet with
tears, flowing at the thought of her brother's being once more alive to the feelings of
affection. He began to speak with all his wonted warmth, and to congratulate her upon her
marriage with a person so distinguished for rank and every accomplishment; when he
suddenly perceived a locket upon her breast; opening it, what was his surprise at beholding
the features of the monster who had so long influenced his life. He seized the portrait in a
paroxysm of rage, and trampled it under foot. Upon her asking him why he thus destroyed
the resemblance of her future husband, he looked as if he did not understand her; -- then
seizing her hands, and gazing on her with a frantic expression of countenance, he bade her
swear that she would never wed this monster, for he -- But he could not advance -- it
seemed as if that voice again bade him remember his oath -- he turned suddenly round,
thinking Lord Ruthven was near him but saw no one. In the meantime the guardians and
physician, who had heard the whole, and thought this was but a return of his disorder,
entered, and forcing him from Miss Aubrey, desired her to leave him. He fell upon his knees to
them, he implored, he begged of them to delay but for one day. They, attributing this to the
insanity they imagined had taken possession of his mind endeavoured to pacify him, and
retired.

Lord Ruthven had called the morning after the drawing-room, and had been refused with
every one else. When he heard of Aubrey's ill health, he readily understood himself to be the
cause of it; but when he learned that he was deemed insane, his exultation and pleasure
could hardly be concealed from those among whom he had gained this information. He
hastened to the house of his former companion, and, by constant attendance, and the
pretence of great affection for the brother and interest in his fate, he gradually won the ear
of Miss Aubrey. Who could resist his power? His tongue had dangers and toils to recount --
could speak of himself as of an individual having no sympathy with any being on the crowded
earth, save with her to whom he addressed himself; -- could tell how, since he knew her, his
existence had begun to seem worthy of preservation, if it were merely that he might listen
her soothing accents; -- in fine, he knew so well how to use the serpent's art, or such was
the will of fate, that he gained her affections. The title of the elder branch falling at length to
him, he obtained an important embassy, which served as an excuse for hastening the
marriage (in spite of her brother's deranged state), which was to take place the very day
before his departure for the continent.

Aubrey, when he was left by the physician and his guardians, attempted to bribe the
servants, but in vain. He asked for pen and paper; it was given him; he wrote a letter to his
sister, conjuring her, as she valued her own happiness, her own honour, and the honour of
those now in the grave, who once held her in their arms as their hope and the hope of their
house, to delay but for a few hours that marriage, on which he denounced the most heavy
curses. The servants promised they would deliver it; but giving it to the physician, he thought
it better not to harass any more the mind of Miss Aubrey by, what he considered, the ravings
of a maniac. Night passed on without rest to the busy inmates of the house; and Aubrey
heard, with a horror that may more easily be conceived than described, the notes of busy
preparation. Morning came, and the sound of carriages broke upon his ear. Aubrey grew
almost frantic. The curiosity of the servants at last overcame their vigilance; they gradually
stole away, leaving him in the custody of an helpless old woman. He seized the opportunity,
with one bound was out of the room, and in a moment found himself in the apartment where
all were nearly assembled. Lord Ruthven was the first to perceive him: he immediately
approached, and, taking his arm by force, hurried him from the room, speechless with rage.
When on the staircase, Lord Ruthven whispered in his ear -- "Remember your oath, and
know, if not my bride to day, your sister is dishonoured. Women are frail!" So saying, he
pushed him towards his attendants, who, roused by the old woman, had come in search of
him. Aubrey could no longer support himself; his rage not finding vent, had broken a
blood-vessel, and he was conveyed to bed. This was not mentioned to his sister, who was
not present when he entered, as the physician was afraid of agitating her. The marriage was
solemnized, and the bride and bridegroom left London.

Aubrey's weakness increased; the effusion of blood produced symptoms of the near
approach of death. He desired his sister's guardians might be called, and when the midnight
hour had struck, he related composedly what the reader has perused -- he died immediately
after.

The guardians hastened to protect Miss Aubrey; but when they arrived, it was too late. Lord
Ruthven had disappeared, and Aubrey's sister had glutted the thirst of a VAMPYRE!
 

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さあ、今夏も新たな出会いを経験してみませんか？当サイトは円助交際の逆、つまり女性が男性を円助する『逆円助交際』を提供します。逆円交際を未経験の方でも気軽に遊べる大人のマッチングシステムです。年齢上限・容姿・経験一切問いません。男性の方は無料で登録して頂けます。貴方も新たな出会いを経験してみませんか
 

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最近仕事ばかりで毎日退屈してます。そろそろ恋人欲しいです☆もう夏だし海とか行きたいな♪　k.c.0720@docomo.ne.jp　連絡待ってるよ☆
 

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あなたの性格を、動物に例えて占っちゃいます。もしかしたらこんな動物かも！？動物占いをうまく使って、楽しい人間関係を築いてください
 

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あなたのゲーマー度を無料ゲーム感覚で測定します。１５個の質問に答えるだけの簡単測定で一度遊んでみませんか？ゲームが得意な人もそうでない人もぜひどうぞ。
 

Hな女性たちは素人ホストを自宅やホテルに呼び、ひとときの癒しを求めていらっしゃいます。当サイトでは男性ホスト様の人員が不足しており、一日3～4人の女性の相手をするホストもおられます。興味を持たれた方は当サイトにぜひお越しください
 

実は出会い系には…関係者用入り口があるのを知っていますか？広告主やスポンサー用に用意されたIDではサクラや業者が立ち入ることが出来ないようになっているのです。当サイトでは極秘に入手した関係者用URLが公開されています
 

男性はお金、女性は快楽を得る逆援助に興味はありませんか？お金を払っても性的欲求を満たしたいセレブ達との割り切り１日のお付き合いで当サイトでは大金を得ることができます。無料登録なのでアルバイト感覚でOK、詳しくはTOPページでどうぞ。
 

ホムペ完成記念！私の事みんなに知ってもらいたくて頑張りましたぁ。色々とご感想をお待ちしているので思った事を意見してください。メアドはほむぺにのせてありますぅ！★　fan.jna@docomo.ne.jp
 

夏休みで気軽に家出する女子○生が急増しています。しかし家出したはいいものの泊る所やお金が無い彼女たちは、掲示板などで泊めてくれる男性を探す子も多いようです。当掲示板にも夏休みに入ってから通常の3倍以上のメッセージが寄せられています
 

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素人ホストでは、男性のテクニック次第で女性会員様から高額な謝礼がもらえます。欲求不満な人妻や、男性と出会いが無い女性達が当サイトで男性を求めていらっしゃいます。興味のある方はTOPページからどうぞ
 

少し魅惑な自分をネットだから公開してみました。普段言えない事など、思い切って告白しているプロフなので興味ある方はぜひ除いてみてください連絡待ってまぁす。　hinyaaaaa@docomo.ne.jp
 

This is random but I'll give it a shot. I found the Superman II soundtrack on this blog. I downloaded the file through rapidshare. When I try to play it, it asks for a password because the files are encrypted. How do I get around this?

Thanks,
David
 

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