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STRAUD - A VAMPIRE STORY.

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Carmilla, narration: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Carmilla, narration: My name is Carmilla Straud née Feng, and this is the story of my marriage.

[Bells chime.]

[Off-screen, officiant]: I have the honor to present ...

[Off-screen, officiant:] ... Mr. and Mrs. Vladislaus Straud.

England, 1830s.

[Playing on the gramophone:] Though love and song may fail, alas! To keep life's clouds away, At least 'twill make them lighter pass Or gild them if they stay.

Vladislaus, off-screen: Carmilla.

[Playing on the gramophone:] And ev'n if care, at moments, flings

Vladislaus: You know what to do next. Do not disappoint me.