as regards poor dear flora , said mr. marchdale , i know not what to say , or what to think ; she has been attacked by a vampyre , and after this mortal life shall have ended , it is dreadful to think there may be a possibility that she , with all her beauty , all her excellence and purity of mind , and all those virtues and qualities which should make her the beloved of all , and which do , indeed , attach all hearts towards her , should become one of that dreadful tribe of beings who cling to existence by feeding , in the most dreadful manner , upon the life blood of othersoh , it is too dreadful to contemplate !