The House of The Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck Chapter 6 Page 4

physics. There were many things to attract me to Jack. He was subtler, more sympathetic, more feminine, perhaps, than the rest of my college-mates.”

“That I have noticed. In fact, his lashes are those of a girl. You still care for him very much?”

“It isn’t a matter of caring. We are two beings that live one life.”

“A sort of psychic Siamese twins?”

“Almost. Why, the matter is very simple. Our hearts root in the same soil; the same books have nourished us, the same great winds have shaken our being, and the same sunshine called forth the beautiful blossom of friendship.”

“He struck me, if you will pardon my saying so, as a rather commonplace companion.”