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She glanced round the room, caught sight of the lay figure where it had not been before, looked at the couch, and saw the pall yet heaved up from beneath, opened her eyes till the entire white sweep around the iris suggested a new expression of consternation to Teufelsbürst, though from a quarter whence he did not desire or look for it; and then, without a word, sat down to a drawing she had been busy upon the day before. SHE GLANCED ROUND THE ROOM CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE LAY FIGURE WHERE IT HAD NOT BEEN BEFORE LOOKED AT THE COUCH AND SAW THE PALL YET HEAVED UP FROM BENEATH OPENED HER EYES TILL THE ENTIRE WHITE SWEEP AROUND THE IRIS SUGGESTED A NEW EXPRESSION OF CONSTERNATION TO TEUFELSBUERST THOUGH FROM A QUARTER WHENCE HE DID NOT DESIRE OR LOOK FOR IT AND THEN WITHOUT A WORD SAT DOWN TO A DRAWING SHE HAD BEEN BUSY UPON THE DAY
ments, or that the continuance of those he had been so long employing had overcome at length the vitality of Wolkenlicht--one afternoon, as he was sitting at his work, he suddenly dropped from his chair, and his master hurrying to him in some alarm, found him rigid and apparently lifeless. Lilith was not in the study when this took place. In justice to Teufelsbürst, it must be confessed that he employed all the skill he was master of, which for beneficent purposes was not very great, to restore the youth; but without avail. At last, hearing the footsteps of Lilith, he desisted in some consternation; and that she might escape being shocked by the sight of a dead body where she had been accustomed to see a living one, he removed the lay figure from the couch, and laid Karl in its place, covering him with a black velvet pall. He was just in time. She started at seeing no one in Karl’s place and said-- “Where is your pupil, father?” “Gone home,” he answered, with a kind of convulsive grin. M TO YET MORE DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS OR THAT THE CONTINUANCE OF THOSE HE HAD BEEN SO LONG EMPLOYING HAD OVERCOME AT LENGTH THE VITALITY OF WOLKENLICHT ONE AFTERNOON AS HE WAS SITTING AT HIS WORK HE SUDDENLY DROPPED FROM HIS CHAIR AND HIS MASTER HURRYING TO HIM IN SOME ALARM FOUND HIM RIGID AND APPARENTLY LIFELESS LILITH WAS NOT IN THE STUDY WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE IN JUSTICE TO TEUFELSBUERST IT MUST BE CONFESSED THAT HE EMPLOYED ALL THE SKILL HE WAS A MASTER OF WHICH FOR BENEFICENT PURPOSES WAS NOT VERY GREAT TO RESTORE THE YOUTH BUT WITHOUT AVAIL AT LAST HEARING THE FOOTSTEPS OF LILITH HE DESISTED IN SOME CONSTERNATION AND THAT SHE MIGHT ESCAPE BEING SHOCKED BY THE SIGHT OF A DEAD BODY WHERE SHE HAD BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO SEE A LIVING ONE HE REMOVED THE LAY FIGURE FROM THE COUCH AND LAID KARL IN ITS PLACE COVERING HIM WITH A BLACK VELVET PAW HE WAS JUST IN TIME SHE STARTED AT SEEING NO ONE IN KARL'S PLACE AND SAID WHERE IS YOUR PUPIL FATHER GONE HOME HE ANSWERED WITH A KIND OF CONVULSIVE GRIN
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