Karmilla

«Karmilla» (1872) — odna z p’yaty istoriy z praktyky doktora Hesseliusa, scho vchodyat′ u zbirku irlands′koho pys′mennyka Dzhozefa SHeridana Le Fanyu «In a Glass Darkly». Lora zhyve v usamitnenomu zamku z bat′kom, bahatym vdivtsem. Vony ochikuyut′ hostey — henerala z pleminnytseyu, ale ta raptovo pomyraye. Natomist′ u zamku nespodivano z’yavlyayet′sya insha hostya. Pislya yiyi poyavy Loru pochynayut′ peresliduvaty nichni koshmary: yiy snyt′sya chudovys′ko v podobi kishky, yake kusaye yiyi. Zdorov’ya divchyny pohirshuyet′sya. Zhodom vona diznayet′sya, scho pleminnytsya henerala strazhdala vid takoyi zh zahadkovoyi neduhy. Heneral perekonanyy, scho oboch divchat nochamy naviduvav vampir...