Contemplating Her Magic Domain

Anastasia at a social event, the loud convivial 

atmosphere makes her feel nauseous and the 

noise is hurting her ears, no conversation left 

room for her as she has never mastered the 

art of small talk, the lewd remarks leave her 

feeling ice-cold inside - If I stay any longer I 

Shall freeze tonight! - she tells herself & runs 

off in search of her favourite place: the kitchen 

with its catering staff in the basement where 

she meets a young scullery maid in the smoky 

atmosphere, Ana covers her evening gown with 

a pinafore she found and asks the girl whether 

She can help with the washing-up, of course,

that paragon of the washing-tub invites, thus 

Ana washes while questioning the girl about 

her scullery life taking notes in her head for a 

story she plans to write, with her enthusiasm 

doesn't take long before Ana is soaking wet 

And her eyes shining with delight, for the 

first time she lost the anxious fear that held 

her in an its terrible grip in the smart hall above,

so much information, so much interesting detail 

for a scullery maid play, Ana is having the time 

of her life, after finishing it becomes clear that 

Ana is too wet to enter the hall again, she follows 

the scullery girl to her dungeon and borrows some  

sturdy clothes while making a gift of her own clothes, 

shoes and jewelry included, to her wonderful new 

friend, together the two girls go out into the garden 

to find something to eat as the heavy dishes 

Having been served left Ana feeling ill, here they 

enjoy chewing on carrots and celery sticks, there-

fore Ana never sees the company above devolving 

into the wanton lasciviousness by which the vampire 

is triggered into a killing spree, emptying the bodies 

of the  revelers to the last drop of blood; the vampire 

Decides to spend the night in his cask in the crypt 

-while Ana decides to spend her time talking all night 

with the scullery maid, first in the enchanting garden, 

later in the maid's small space in the basement, quite 

unaware this is saving her life as the vampire gets 

up and wanders the palace looking for more blood 

Though the vampire's repelled by the ugly halo's of 

the vain and evil people he meets because he knows 

the purity & incense of Lobsang Rampa's description 

of innocence, when Ana leads her new companion 

past him to her hideaway, a secret study where she 

can write and play to her heart's content, the 

Vampire does not even know that a Royal has passed 

him because her halo is clean; Ana enjoys contemplating 

her magic domain all night, the Vampire ignores the happy 

pair as this kind of joie de vivre gives him indigestion...