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When they had done, and Lilith, for all his entreaties, would remain with him no longer, Karl took his former clothes with him, and having spent the rest of the night in his old room, dressed in them in the morning. WHEN THEY HAD DONE AND LILITH FOR ALL HIS ENTREATIES WOULD REMAIN WITH HIM NO LONGER KARL TOOK HIS FORMER CLOTHES WITH HIM AND HAVING SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN HIS OLD ROOM DRESSED IN THEM IN THE MORNING
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. Before morning, too, the form of Lilith had dawned anew in every picture. There was no time to restore to its former condition the one Karl had first altered; for in it the changes were all that they seemed; nor indeed was he capable of restoring it in the master’s style; but they put it quite out of the way, and hoped that sufficient time might elapse before the painter thought of it again. 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 BEFORE MORNING TOO THE FORM OF LILITH HAD DAWNED ANEW IN EVERY PICTURE THERE WAS NO TIME TO RESTORE TO ITS FORMER CONDITION THE ONE KARL HAD FIRST ALTERED FOR IN IT THE CHANGES WERE ALL THAT THEY HAD SEEMED NOR INDEED WAS HE CAPABLE OF RESTORING IT IN THE MASTER'S STYLE BUT THEY PUT IT QUITE OUT OF THE WAY AND HOPED THAT SUFFICIENT TIME MIGHT ELAPSE BEFORE THE PAINTER THOUGHT OF IT AGAIN
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