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What added to the consternation of all who heard of it, was the sickening conviction that the extreme measures which they had resorted to in order to free the city from the ghoul, beyond which nothing could be done, had been utterly unavailing, successful as they had proved in every other known case of the kind. WHAT ADDED TO THE CONSTERNATION OF ALL WHO HEARD OF IT WAS THE SICKENING CONVICTION THAT THE EXTREME MEASURES WHICH THEY HAD RESORTED TO IN ORDER TO FREE THE CITY FROM THE GHUL BEYOND WHICH NOTHING COULD BE DONE HAD BEEN UTTERLY UNAVAILING SUCCESSFUL AS THEY HAD PROVED IN EVERY OTHER KNOWN CASE OF THE KIND
elf to be when first he recovered from his trance--namely, the vampire of the former Karl Wolkenlicht. The moment he comprehended it, he resolved to keep up the delusion if possible. Meantime he was innocently preparing a new ingredient for the popular dish of horrors to be served at the ordinary of the city the next day. For the old servant’s were not the only eyes that had seen him besides those of Teufelsbürst. What could be more like a vampire, dragging his pall after him, than this apparition of poor, half-frozen Lottchen, crawling across the roof? Karl remembered afterwards that he had heard the dogs howling awfully in every direction, as he crept along; but this was hardly necessary to make those who saw him conclude that it was the same phantasm of John Kuntz, which had been infesting the whole city, and especially the house next door to the painter’s, which had been the dwelling of the respectable alderman who had degenerated into this most disreputable of moneyless vagabonds.  HAD BELIEVED HIMSELF TO BE WHEN HE FIRST RECOVERED FROM HIS TRANCE NAMELY THE VAMPIRE OF THE FORMER KARL WOLKENLICHT THE MOMENT HE COMPREHENDED IT HE RESOLVED TO KEEP UP THE DELUSION IF POSSIBLE MEANTIME HE WAS INNOCENTLY PREPARING A NEW INGREDIENT FOR THE POPULAR DISH OF HORRORS TO BE SERVED AT THE ORDINARY OF THE CITY THE NEXT DAY FOR THE OLD SERVANTS WERE NOT THE ONLY EYES THAT HAD SEEN HIM BESIDES THOSE OF TEUFELSBUERST WHAT COULD BE MORE LIKE A VAMPIRE DRAGGING HIS PALL AFTER HIM THAN THIS APPARITION OF POOR HALF FROZEN LOTTCHEN CRAWLING ACROSS THE ROOF KARL REMEMBERED AFTERWARDS THAT HE HAD HEARD THE DOGS HOWLING AWFULLY IN EVERY DIRECTION AS HE CREPT ALONG BUT THIS WAS HARDLY NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE WHO SAW HIM CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS THE SAME PHANTASM OF JOHN COON'S WHICH HAD BEEN INFESTING THE WHOLE CITY AND ESPECIALLY THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THE PAINTERS WHICH HAD BEEN THE DWELLING OF THE RESPECTABLE ALDERMEN WHO HAD DEGENERATED INTO THIS MOST DISREPUTABLE OF MONEYLESS VAGABONDS
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