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Before morning, too, the form of Lilith had dawned anew in every picture. BEFORE MORNING TOO THE FORM OF LILITH HAD DAWNED ANEW IN EVERY PICTURE
moved; and Karl saw that he might thus be deprived of all further intercourse with Lilith, and all chance of softening the old man’s heart towards him; while Lilith would not hear of forsaking him who had banished all the human race but herself. They managed at length to agree upon a plan of operation. The first thing they did was to go to the cellar where the plaster mass lay, Karl carrying with him a great axe used for cleaving wood. Lilith shuddered when she saw it, stained as it was with the wine Heinrich had spilt over it, and almost believed herself the midnight companion of a vampire after all, visiting with him the terrible corpse in which he lived all day. But Karl soon reassured her; and a few good blows of the axe revealed a very different core to that which Teufelsbürst supposed to be in it. Karl broke it into pieces, and with Lilith’s help, who insisted on carrying her share, the whole was soon at the bottom of the Moldau and every trace of its ever having existed removed. HE TERROR WAS REMOVED AND KARL SAW THAT HE MIGHT THUS BE DEPRIVED OF ALL FURTHER INTERCOURSE WITH LILITH AND ALL CHANCE OF SOFTENING THE OLD MAN'S HEART TOWARDS HIM WHILE LILITH WOULD NOT HEAR OF FORSAKING HIM WHO HAD BANISHED ALL THE HUMAN RACE BUT HERSELF THEY MANAGED AT LENGTH TO AGREE UPON A PLAN OF OPERATION THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS TO GO TO THE CELLAR WHERE THE PLASTER MASS LAY KARL CARRYING WITH HIM A GREAT AXE USED FOR CLEAVING WOOD LILITH SHUDDERED WHEN SHE SAW IT STAINED AS IT WAS WITH THE WINE HEINRICH HAD SPILT OVER IT AND ALMOST BELIEVED HERSELF THE MIDNIGHT COMPANION OF A VAMPIRE AFTER ALL VISITING WITH HIM THE TERRIBLE CORPSE IN WHICH HE LIVED ALL DAY BUT KARL SOON REASSURED HER AND A FEW GOOD BLOWS OF THE AXE REVEALED A VERY DIFFERENT CORE TO THAT WHICH TEUFELSBUERST SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT KARL BROKE IT INTO PIECES AND WITH LILITH'S HELP WHO INSISTED ON CARRYING HER SHARE THE WHOLE WAS SOON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOLDAU AND EVERY TRACE OF ITS EVER HAVING EXISTED REMOVED
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