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hrine for Those Who Must Be Kept in the hills well away from the house。
   A great guilt weighed me down that I had placed them at such a  distance from the place in which I lived�察�read my books�察�and took to my crypt at night。 After all�察�they had been within my very house in Antioch��
    though safely beneath it�察�and now they were some miles away。
   But I wanted to live close to the great city�察�and indeed within a few short years�察�the walls of Rome were built out and around my house so that Rome enclosed it。 I had a country villa in town。
   It was no safe place for Those Who Must Be Kept。 So it proved most wise that I had created their shrine well away from the burgeoning city�察�and settling into my villa�察�I played ;a Roman gentleman; to those around me�察�the loving master of several simple´minded and gullible slaves。
   Now understand that I had been away from Rome for over two hundred years。
   Glorying in the cultural riches of Antioch�察�a Roman city�察�yes�察�but an Eastern city�察�listening to her poets and teachers in the Forum�察�roaming her libraries by torchlight�察�I had been horrified by descriptions of the latest Roman Emperors who had disgraced the title altogether by their antics and inevitably been murdered by their bodyguards or their troops。
   But I was far wrong that the Eternal City had fallen into degradation。
     Great Emperors of the past hundred years there had been such as Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius�察�and Septimius Severus�察�and there had been an enormous number of monumental buildings added to the capital as well as a great increase of population。 Not even a blood drinker such as myself could have inspected all of Rome's temples�察�
   amphitheaters and baths。
   Indeed Rome was more than likely the largest and most impressive city in the world。 Some two million people made up the populace�察�many of the plebs�察�as the poor were called�察�receiving a daily ration of corn and wine。
   
   I yielded to the spell of the city immediately。 And shutting out the horrors of the Imperial quarrels and continuous war along the frontiers
    I diverted myself by studying the intellectual and aesthetic handiwork
    of mankind as I've always done。
   Of course I went immediately to play the hovering ghost about the town houses of my descendants�察�for I had kept some track of them�察�though never admitting it to Pandora�察�and I found them to be good members of the old Senatorial class�察�striving desperately to maintain some order in government�察�while the army elevated Emperor after Emperor in a desperate attempt to secure power for this or that faction in this or that far´flung place。
   It broke my heart actually to see these young men and women whom I knew to have e down from my uncles and aunts�察�from my nieces and nephews�察�and it was during this period that I broke my record of them forever�察�though why precisely I cannot say。
   It was a time for me of breaking all ties。 I had abandoned Pandora。 I had put Those Who Must Be Kept at some remove from me�察�and now I came home one night�察�from spying upon a supper party at the house of one of my many descendants�察�and I took out of a wooden chest all the scrolls in which I had written the names of these young people�察�gleaned from letters to various agents�察�and I burnt them�察�feeling rather wise in my monstrosity�察�as though this would prevent me from further vanity and pain。
   After that�察�I haunted the precincts of strangers to gain knowledge。 With vampiric dexterity I slipped into shadowy gardens and listened at the open doorways of the dimly lighted villas as those inside talked softly over dinner or listened to the delicate music of a young boy acpanying himself with a lyre。
   I found the old conservative Romans very touching�察�and though the libraries were not as good here as they had bee in Antioch�察�I found much to read。 There were of course schools of philosophy in Rome�察�and though they too were not as impressive as those in Antioch�察�I was interested in listening to what I could。
   But understand�察�I did not really enter into the mortal world。 I made n0 friendships with mortals。 I did not converse with them。 I only ed them�察�as I had always done in Antioch。 I did not believe then could penetrate with any true success into their natural realm。
   As for my blood thirst�察�I hunted furiously in Rome。 I kept to the
   Evil Doer always�察�which was a simple matter�察�I can assure you�察�but I fed
   my hunger far more than I needed to feed it。 I bared my fangs cruelly to those I killed。 The huge population never left me hungry。 I was more the blood drinker than ever in my existence up to that time。
   It was a challenge to me to do it properly�察�to sink my teeth but once and cleanly�察�and to spill not a drop as I took the death along with the blood。
   There was no need in such a place as Rome of those times to hide the bodies for fear of discovery。 Sometimes I threw them in the Tiber。 Sometimes I did nothing but leave them in the street。 I loved particularly
    to kill in taverns which is something I like even now�察�as you know。
   There is nothing like the long passage through the damp dark night�察�and then the sudden opening of the door of the tavern upon an entire little universe of light and warmth and singing and laughing humans。 I found taverns very enticing indeed。
   Of course�察�all this ravening�察�this endless killing´it was on account of my grief for Pandora�察�and it was because I was alone。 Who was there to restrain me�拭�Who was there to outdo me�拭�No one at all。
   And understand�察�during the first few months�察�I might have written to her� �There was surely a chance that she had remained in Antioch�察�in our house�察�waiting for me to e to my senses�察�but I did no such thing。
   A fierce anger�察�the very anger I fight now�察�welled up in me�察�and it made me weak�察�as I've already told you。 I couldn't do what I had to do´bring her back to me。 And sometimes my loneliness pushed me to take three and four victims in a night�察�until I was spilling blood I couldn't drink。
   Sometimes in the early hours of the morning my rage was quieted�察�and I went back to my historical writing�察�something which I had begun in Antioch and never revealed to a single soul。
   I described what I saw in Rome of progress or failure。 I described the buildings in ponderous detail。 But then there came nights when I thought that everything I'd written was useless。 After all�察�what was the purpose�拭�I could not enter these descriptions�察�these observations�察�these poems�察�these essays�察�into the mortal world��
   They were contaminated in that they came from a blood drinker�察�a monster who slew humans for his own survival。 There was no place for the poetry or history which had e from a greedy mind and heart。
   And so I began to destroy not only my fresh writings�察�but even the old essays which I had written in Antioch in the past。 I took the scrolls out of the chests one by one and burnt them as I had burnt the records of my family。 Or I merely kept them�察�locked up tight�察�and away from my eyes�察�so that nothing I'd written could spark in me anything new。
   It was a great crisis of the soul。
   Then something happened which was totally unforeseen。
   I came upon another blood drinker´indeed I came upon two of them in dark streets of the late night city as I was ing down a hill。
   The moon had gone behind the clouds at that moment�察�but naturally
    I could see quite perfectly with my preternatural eyes。
   The two creatures were approaching me rapidly with no knowledge that I stood against the wall�察�trying not to block their path。
   At last the first of the pair lifted his head and I recognized the face at once。 I knew the hawk nose and deep´set eyes。 I knew the gaunt cheeks。 In fact I recognized everything about him�察�the slope of his shoulders�察�his long blond hair�察�and even the hand that held the cloak at his throat。
   This was Mael�察�the Druid priest who had long ago captured me and taken me prisoner�察�and fed me alive to the burnt and dying God of the Grove。 This was Mael who had kept me in captivity for months as he prepared me for the Dark Magic。 This was Mael�察�the pure of heart�察�and the fearless one�察�whom I had e to know so very well。
   Who had made Mael a blood drinker�拭�In what grove had Mael been consecrated to his old religion�拭�Why was he not shut up in some oak tree in Gaul�察�there to preside over the feasts of his fellow Druids��
   Our eyes met�察�but I experienced no alarm。 In fact�察�I had assessed his strength and found it wanting。 He was as old as I was�察�yes�察�that was plain�察�but he had not drunk as I had from Akasha。 I was by far the stronger。 There was nothing he could do to me。
   And so at this moment�察�I looked away and to the other blood drinker who was much taller�察�and infinitely stronger�察�and whose skin was a dark´brown color�察�surely from having been burnt in the Terrible Fire。
   This one had a large face of rather agreeable and open features�察�with large questioning black eyes�察�a thick and well´proportioned mouth�察�and a head of wavy black hair。
   I looked back to this blond´headed one who had taken my mortal
   life with such religious conviction。
   It occurred to me that I could destroy him by ripping his head from his body�察�and by keeping poss

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