Part 1, Section 4 (Pages 91-120) Summary

Lestat takes the child back with them to their rooms. Louis drinks more from her and she still does not die. It is at that moment that Lestat takes her from him, slashes his wrist, and tells her to drink. Claudia becomes a child vampire and Lestat teaches her how to kill her victims. Lestat takes her under his wing and shows her how to hunt. Together, Louis and Lestat spoil her as though she was their child. They bestow upon her lavish gifts and dresses. Although she always sleeps with Louis, she one day decides that she wants her own coffin and has one made for her. However, she continues to sleep with Louis.

After many years have passed, Claudia finally begins asking questions. She repeatedly asks both Louis and Lestat how it happened that she...