In which the narrator, still shaken by the events he recounts, reflects on the scholarly pursuits of the eccentric Baron Vordenburg, who devoted his spare means to the study of vampirism and uncovered curious truths about the nature and habits of these revenants. The tale closes with a journey abroad to escape haunting memories, leaving the impression of Carmilla alternating between the beguiling and the dreadful, ever lingering in the mind's uneasy watchfulness.