moments later , after a flurry of lace and silk and damp feathers ( from lady melly 's bonnet , after she was shoved face-first into a bush ) , stakes of all sizes and efficacy , along with much poofing and grunting and thunking of bulky silver crosses , there were two piles of vampire dust , three would-be victims still cowering against the wall , an indignant widow being ushered off to oliver and his carriage , and the flapping coattails of the conte regalado as he dashed up the front steps of the villa .