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"I'll tell you," answered the countess. "Byron had the most perfect belief in the existence of vampires, and even assured me that he had seen them. The description he gave me perfectly corresponds with the features and character of the man before us. Oh, he is the exact personification of what I have been led to expect! The coal-black hair, large bright, glittering eyes, in which a wild, unearthly fire seems burning,-the same ghastly paleness. Then observe, too, that the woman with him is altogether unlike all others of her sex. She is a foreigner-a stranger. Nobody knows who she is, or where she comes from. No doubt she belongs to the same horrible race he does, and is, like himself, a dealer in magical arts.	- Послушайте! - отвечала она. - Байрон клялся мне, что верит в вампиров; уверял, что сам видел их; он описывал мне их лица... Они точь-в-точь такие же: черные волосы, горящие большие глаза, мертвенная бледность; и заметьте: его дама не такая, как все... это какая-нибудь гречанка или... наверное, такая же колдунья, как и он... Умоляю вас, не ходите туда.
I entreat of you not to go near him-at least to-night; and if to-morrow your curiosity still continues as great, pursue your researches if you will; but to-night you neither can nor shall. For that purpose I mean to keep you all to myself."	Завтра принимайтесь за розыски, если вам угодно, но сегодня я вас решительно не пущу.
Franz protested he could not defer his pursuit till the following day, for many reasons.	Франц продолжал настаивать.
"Listen to me," said the countess, "and do not be so very headstrong. I am going home. I have a party at my house to-night, and therefore cannot possibly remain till the end of the opera. Now, I cannot for one instant believe you so devoid of gallantry as to refuse a lady your escort when she even condescends to ask you for it."	- Нет, нет, - сказала она, вставая, - я уезжаю; мне нельзя оставаться до конца спектакля, у меня гости; неужели вы будете настолько невежливы, что откажете мне в вашем обществе?
There was nothing else left for Franz to do but to take up his hat, open the door of the box, and offer the countess his arm.	Францу ничего не оставалось, как взять шляпу, отворить дверь ложи и подать графине руку, что он и сделал.
It was quite evident, by her manner, that her uneasiness was not feigned; and Franz himself could not resist a feeling of superstitious dread-so much the stronger in him, as it arose from a variety of corroborative recollections, while the terror of the countess sprang from an instinctive belief, originally created in her mind by the wild tales she had listened to till she believed them truths.	Графиня в самом деле была очень взволнованна, да Франц и сам не мог избавиться от суеверного трепета, тем более что графиня только поддалась безотчетному страху, а его впечатление подкреплялось воспоминаниями.
Franz could even feel her arm tremble as he assisted her into the carriage.	Подсаживая ее в карету, он почувствовал, что она вся дрожит.
Upon arriving at her hotel, Franz perceived that she had deceived him when she spoke of expecting company; on the contrary, her own return before the appointed hour seemed greatly to astonish the servants.	Он проводил графиню до дому; у нее не было никаких гостей, никто ее не ждал; он упрекнул ее в обмане.
"Excuse my little subterfuge," said the countess, in reply to her companion's half-reproachful observation on the subject; "but that horrid man had made me feel quite uncomfortable, and I longed to be alone, that I might compose my startled mind."	- Мне в самом деле нехорошо, - сказала она, - и я хочу побыть одна; встреча с этим человеком совсем расстроила меня.