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large/5293/cruelpainter_1203_librivox_64kb_mp3/cruelpainter_2_macdonald_64kb
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It became for the moment the atmosphere of her life. She lay trembling and staring at the spot in the darkness where she supposed the face of Karl still to be. But the next flash showed her the face far off, looking at her through the panes of her lattice window. IT BECAME FOR THE MOMENT THE ATMOSPHERE OF HER LIFE SHE LAY TREMBLING AND STARING AT THE SPOT IN THE DARKNESS WHERE SHE SUPPOSED THE FACE OF KARL STILL TO BE BUT THE NEXT FLASH SHOWED HER THE FACE FAR OFF LOOKING AT HER THROUGH THE PANES OF HER LATTICE WINDOW
 Suddenly she awoke in one of those peals of thunder which tormented the high regions of the air, as a storm billows the surface of the ocean. She lay awake and listened. As it died away, she thought she heard, mingling with its last muffled murmurs, the sound of moaning. She turned her face towards the room in keen terror. But she saw nothing. Another light, long-drawn sigh reached her ear, and at the same moment a flash of lightning illumined the room. In the corner farthest from her bed, she spied a white face, nothing more. She was dumb and motionless with fear. Utter darkness followed, a darkness that seemed to enter into her very brain. Yet she felt that the face was slowly crossing the black gulf of the room, and drawing near to where she lay. The next flash revealed, as it bended over her, the ghastly face of Karl, down which flowed fresh tears. The rest of his form was lost in blackness. Lilith did not faint, but it was the very force of her fear that seemed to keep her alive. LAY DREAMING AND DREADFUL DREAMS SUDDENLY SHE AWOKE IN ONE OF THOSE PEALS OF THUNDER WHICH TORMENTED THE HIGH REGIONS OF THE AIR AS A STORM BILLOWS THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN SHE LAY AWAKE AND LISTENED AS IT DIED AWAY SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD MINGLING WITH ITS LAST MUFFLED MURMURS THE SOUND OF MOANING SHE TURNED HER FACE TOWARDS THE ROOM IN KEEN TERROR BUT SHE SAW NOTHING ANOTHER LIGHT LONG DRAWN SIGH REACHED HER EAR AND AT THE SAME MOMENT A FLASH OF LIGHTNING ILLUMINED THE ROOM IN THE CORNER FARTHEST FROM HER BED SHE SPIED A WHITE FACE NOTHING MORE SHE WAS DUMB AND MOTIONLESS WITH FEAR UTTER DARKNESS FOLLOWED A DARKNESS THAT SEEMED TO ENTER HER VERY BRAIN YET SHE FELT THAT THE FACE WAS SLOWLY CROSSING THE BLACK GULF OF THE ROOM AND DRAWING NEAR TO WHERE SHE LAY THE NEXT FLASH REVEALED AS IT BENDED OVER HER THE GHASTLY FACE OF KARL DOWN WHICH FLOWED FRESH TEARS THE REST OF HIS FORM WAS LOST IN BLACKNESS LILITH DID NOT FAINT BUT IT WAS THE VERY FORCE OF HER FEAR THAT SEEMED TO KEEP HER ALIVE
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