A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT

AN ITALIAN ENIGMA

BY

FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "MADAME MIDAS," "MISS MEPHISTOPHELES," "MONSIEUR JUDAS"

Yea, out of the womb of the night

For evil a rod,

With vampire wings plumed for a flight

It cometh abroad,

The mission to curse and to blight

Permitted by God.

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