VOCABULARY: Five uses of 'keep' - The Vampyre part 1

Hello I'm Darren. Today's story involves love, death and a blood-sucking vampire. It was

written a long time ago but is just as good to hear today.

We start with a young English man called Aubrey who's travelling with an older man called

Lord Ruthven to the beautiful city of Rome. However, somebody has told Aubrey to watch

out for Ruthven as he's not a very nice person and can't be trusted. What can they mean?

In Rome, they meet a woman who Ruthven takes an interest in but Aubrey warns her to keep

away from him because he's not to be trusted. Aubrey isn't happy about Ruthven's behaviour

and decides to keep travelling but on his own. He ends up in Greece and it's here he

meets and falls in love with the beautiful Ianthe. She keeps him company and tells him

tales of local legends about a vampire. Then after a while, Ruthven turns up and shortly

after Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Hmm, a strange coincidence don't you think? But

Ruthven just tells Aubrey to keep his eyes open for anyone acting suspiciously.

The two men continue their travels, but the men are attacked by robbers and Ruthven is

killed, but before he dies he makes Aubrey promise to keep his death a secret 'for a

year and a day'. His body is left on a rock but it disappears overnight. Somebody has

stolen it. What a gruesome story but it's not over yet. Join me again in part two when I'll tell you what happens next. Bye for now.