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Not once did he allow him to proceed thither alone, and not once did he leave him there without locking and bolting the door on the outside. But he felt nothing except the coldness of Lilith. NOT ONCE DID HE ALLOW HIM TO PROCEED THITHER ALONE AND NOT ONCE DID HE LEAVE HIM THERE WITHOUT LOCKING AND BOLTING THE DOOR ON THE OUTSIDE BUT HE FELT NOTHING EXCEPT THE COLDNESS OF LILITH
 kind: his glance and his smile refused to be disguised. The first day he dined alone in the studio, waited upon by an old woman; the next he was admitted to the family table, with Teufelsbürst and Lilith. The room offered a strange contrast to the study. As far as handicraft, directed by a sumptuous taste, could construct a house-paradise, this was one. But it seemed rather a paradise of demons; for the walls were covered with Teufelsbürst’s paintings. During the dinner, Lilith’s gaze scarcely met that of Wolkenlicht; and once or twice, when their eyes did meet, her glance was so perfectly unconcerned, that Karl wished he might look at her for ever without the fear of her looking at him again. She seemed like one whose love had rushed out glowing with seraphic fire, to be frozen to death in a more than wintry cold: she now walked lonely without her love. In the evenings, he was expected to continue his drawing by lamplight; and at night he was conducted by Teufelsbürst to his chamber. GESTURES HIS WORDS SEEMED KIND HIS GLANCE AND HIS SMILE REFUSED TO BE DISGUISED THE FIRST DAY HE DINED ALONE IN THE STUDIO WAITED UPON BY AN OLD WOMAN THE NEXT HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE FAMILY TABLE WITH TEUFELSBUERST AND LILITH THE ROOM OFFERED A STRANGE CONTRAST TO THE STUDY AS FAR AS HANDICRAFT DIRECTED BY A SUMPTUOUS TASTE COULD CONSTRUCT A HOUSE PARADISE THIS WAS ONE BUT IT SEEMED RATHER A PARADISE OF DEMONS FOR THE WALLS WERE COVERED WITH TEUFELSBUERST'S PAINTINGS DURING THE DINNER LILITH'S GAZE SCARCELY MET THAT OF WOLKENLICHT AND ONCE OR TWICE WHEN THEIR EYES DID MEET HER GLANCE WAS SO PERFECTLY UNCONCERNED THAT KARL WISHED HE MIGHT LOOK AT HER FOREVER WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HER LOOKING AT HIM AGAIN SHE SEEMED LIKE ONE WHOSE LOVE HAD RUSHED OUT GLOWING WITH SERAPHIC FIRE TO BE FROZEN TO DEATH IN MORE THAN WINTRY COLD SHE NOW WALKED LONELY WITHOUT HER LOVE IN THE EVENINGS HE WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE HIS DRAWING BY LAMPLIGHT AND AT NIGHT HE WAS CONDUCTED BY TEUFELSBUERST TO HIS CHAMBER
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