"Like what? Tell me, Sir." Eponine didn't know if she believed Spike, but a story was a story and she loved those.

"Didn't people mind? People are usually scared of such things as vampires. Tosh, and I have heard people call me a ghost when I have got up off a grave before now. But I think people are a bit stupid."

She thought for a moment. "I wouldn't have minded being a vampire at home. I should have drained all the rich men of their blood and got fat and had their jewels. I might have had a fortune. Is that what you did? Killed a woman for her jewels?"