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It seemed so awful to me suddenly, that some immortal whohts, perhaps to make a selfish approximation of what I felt

It was only David Talbot

He cae roo where I stood at the top of the staircase to the second floor

I saw hilass of the door that led to the gallery, and beyond that the soft ht of the courtyard below

"It's quiet now," he said "And the attic's eo there, of course "

"Go away," I said I felt no anger, only the honest wish to have hts unread and my emotions left alone

With renored me, then said:

"Yes, I am afraid of you, a little, but then terribly curious too "

"Oh, I see, so that excuses it, that you followed me here?"

"I didn't follow you, Armand," he said "I live here "

"Ah, I'lad of it You guard him He's never alone " I meant Lestat of course "Everyone's afraid of you," he said calmly He had taken up a position only a few feet away, casually folding his arms "You know, it's quite a study, the lore and habits of the vampires "

"Not to me," I said

"Yes, I realize that," he said "I was only ive me It was about the child in the attic, the child they said was murdered It's a tall story, about a very small little person Maybe if your luck is better than that of everyone else, you'll see the ghost of the child whose clothes were shut up in the wall "

"Do youto dip your beak into o before all this happened-Lestat, the Heavenly Journey, this place I never really took stock of you I was indifferent, or too polite, I don't knohich "

I was surprised to hear such heat in my voice I was volatile, and it wasn't David Talbot's fault