"Well, I have learned to believe in a lot of strange things. But, I don't think that I was expecting that there really are, vampires." Cathy couldn't believe that there really were vampires. Oh, wouldn't Heathcliff find that entertaining? Even Edgar would find it shocking and surreal.
"Does that mean those common courtesies have just died?" He seemed no older than she was, perhaps things had not so quickly changed. She hated the thought that her lifestyle had so easily been killed.