The Kindred of Darkness (2013)
“‘Ned Seabury seems to be taking it very seriously.’ ‘Ned Seabury takes Osric Millward very seriously,’ Jamie pointed out. He frowned, long, curling eyebrows incongruous behind the horn-rimmed spectacles. ‘Karlebach always spoke of it as a hoax … and just because Grippen is himself a vampire, doesn’t mean that he isn’t being hoaxed as well.’ ‘It certainly sounds like he’s seeking something in Zahorec’s lairs. Something he doesn’t want me – or his own fledglings – to find.’ Beside them, traffic streamed west toward Holborn and the City: blue, green, yellow buses of different lines, hackney cabs darting and clattering between luggage vans, motor cars, costers’ carts. Along the side of the street an Italian with a monkey cranked ‘Un di, felice, eterea’ out of a barrel organ.
London at three in the afternoon.
‘As I remember,’ said Jamie thoughtfully, ‘the book contained most of the old folk myths about vampires that one finds all over Central Europe: the holes in their coffins, that eating... soil from their graves will banish them, that wolfsbane or garlic or Christmas rose will keep them at bay.’ ‘The wolfsbane and garlic part is true.’ ‘Yes, but much of it simply isn’t.MoreLess
London at three in the afternoon.
‘As I remember,’ said Jamie thoughtfully, ‘the book contained most of the old folk myths about vampires that one finds all over Central Europe: the holes in their coffins, that eating... soil from their graves will banish them, that wolfsbane or garlic or Christmas rose will keep them at bay.’ ‘The wolfsbane and garlic part is true.’ ‘Yes, but much of it simply isn’t.MoreLess
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