Carmilla, Chapter 15 summary

What happens

1. The Baron arrives and uses papers and measurements to help the General and the narrator’s father locate Mircalla’s hidden monument.
2. The narrator’s father brings a priest home, where attendants guard her overnight and the priest performs rites.
3. Carmilla remains missing, and the narrator’s nightly suffering stops.
4. At the formal inquiry, the General and the narrator’s father recognize Carmilla in the countess’s preserved body.
5. Doctors confirm signs of life, and the coffin contains blood around the body.
6. The body is staked, beheaded, and burned; its ashes enter the river, and vampire visits cease in the territory.

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What to notice

The narrator directly links Carmilla’s absence with relief from her attacks. This connection supports the inquiry’s identification of the source of danger.

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