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Few people today realize that the Russian trading vessel Demeter, which set out from the port of Varna bearing crates filled with earth, and the undead Count Dracula deep within her hold, was forced, by inclement weather, and a strange illness running through her crew, to put into port in Ireland long before ever reaching the English coast.
It was in Ireland then, that lovely emerald Isle, not England, that the dreaded count first established the perverse cult of vampirism in that part of the world.
The ruined tower of Be' lar ney, whose stony croft still looms high upon a darksome hill in an unnamed county, was to become his temporary residence, and two light-footed and fullsome stepdancers, who plied their honest trade in a local tavern, were to become his wives.
So it was that once the Demeter had undergone her repairs and set out once again for England with Dracula aboard, another vessel, the Libertine, bound for France, carried within her hold, a Miss Rosie Riley and a Miss Lizzie Blake, both of whom, upon their arrival on the continent, made straight for Paris, its catacombs, and steady employment as dancers at the Theatre du Chatelet. It may well be imagined that the Parisian nightlife agreed with them, as there was certainly no shortage of delightful young people with whom they might strike up a brief friendship, and even if it seemed a bit of a pretence, when one, or the other of these young ladies introduced themselves as the Countess Alucard, it was seldom taken amiss, as the French loved their dancers, and allowed them a little stage-dressing. Indeed, they often merely assumed that rather than Alucard, they had said "a la carte," which made perfect sense, as it was naturally their favored manner of dining.
These are facts which Bram Stoker (himself an Irishman), left out of his history. We cannot explain the omission, but can only say that the substance of this tale comes to us from a very reliable source.
A gorgeous card. The coloration is so wonderful, but for God's sake! Don't look into their eyes!
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