Alexei

Become an obsession.

Six months ago I read that a neighboring farmer sued him claiming those vampire bats killed three of his cattle.

No, Margo, it isn't.

There are authentic cases where cattle have been killed by blood-sucking vampire bats.

It's possible.

No, the Major is safely interred in his grave.

Stevens had a daughter, Claire Stevens.

I've checked up.

She's suffering from the same ailment that supposedly killed her father, anemia.

Stevens was wealthy.

Claire's his heir, but she's underage, only 20.

And there's a guardian in the picture, Dr. Vickers, who also happens to be the major stepson.

I think I'm beginning to see... Apparently, Vickers is running things.

He's even discharged the family servants and hired an old Slavic couple.

They're croats, Margot, not very far removed from the atmosphere of their native land, where for centuries human vampires have been accepted fact.

Now, do you see what I'm driving at?

Yes.

That's right, Margot.

It's just a breed of very large bats.

My little father, huh?