Part 2, Section 1 (Pages 159-180) Summary

When they arrive in Europe, they come across their first encounter with another vampire. It terrorizes a small village as the inhabitants are forced to dig up the newly deceased and drive stakes through their hearts, then decapitate them. They meet Morgan, whose wife has just died at the hands of this creature. He describes in detail how the villagers come together to try to hunt the fiend down.

Part 2, Section 1 (Pages 159-180) Analysis

During the voyage, Claudia and Louis discuss the possibility of Lestat surviving the accident. Louis knows that if they had burned him he would not have survived. This leaves the door open for Lestat to make an appearance later on.