A boat, shaped like a coffin, was provided for her; and in this she was accustomed to pass across the creek whenever she wished to make excursion.

It was an excellent device, and most efficacious in disseminating the Vampire belief.
This state of things had now lasted from before the time when the Gospodar Rupert came to Vissarion up to the day of the arrival of the armoured yacht.
That night the priest on duty, on going his round of the Crypt just before dawn, found the tomb empty.

He called the others, and they made full search.

The boat was gone from the cavern, but on making search they found it on the farther side of the creek, close to the garden stairs.

Beyond this they could discover nothing.