At eight or nine o’clock in the morning, the sun is still warm orange. If it is in the late autumn, the sunshine is chilly and like tickling people when it shines on people.

But for the Blood Line, a night’s revelry has passed. They are nocturnal creatures. The sun will scorch the skin of the lower-ranking vampires, so they hate the day. At eight or nine o’clock, the sun has been powerful. Most of the vampires are sleeping in coffins, and thereby the whole Textile School ...