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There they remained equally undisturbed. But when the painter approached his easel a few hours after, looking more pale and haggard still than he was wont, from the fears of the night, a new bewilderment took possession of him. THERE THEY REMAINED EQUALLY UNDISTURBED BUT WHEN THE PAINTER APPROACHED HIS EASEL A FEW HOURS AFTER LOOKING MORE PALE AND HAGGARD STILL THAN HE WAS WONT FROM THE FEARS OF THE NIGHT A NEW BEWILDERMENT TOOK POSSESSION OF HIM
 and paralysing terror. The thing down there would not lie quiet--at least its phantom in the cellars of their imagination would not. As much as possible, however, they avoided alarming Lilith, who, knowing all they knew, was as silent as they. But her mind was in a strange state of excitement, partly from the presence of a new sense of love, the pleasure of which all the atmosphere of grief into which it grew could not totally quench. It comforted her somehow, as a child may comfort when his father is away. Bedtime came, and no one made a move to go. Without a word spoken on the subject, the three remained together all night; the elders nodding and slumbering occasionally, and Lilith getting some share of repose on a couch. All night the shape of death might be somewhere about the house; but it did not disturb them. They heard no sound, saw no sight; and when the morning dawned, they separated, chilled and stupid, and for the time beyond fear, to seek repose in their private chambers. IGHT DREW ON A KIND OF SICKENING AND PARALYZING TERROR THE THING DOWN THERE WOULD NOT LIE QUIET AT LEAST ITS PHANTOM IN THE CELLARS OF THEIR IMAGINATION WOULD NOT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE HOWEVER THEY AVOIDED ALARMING LILITH WHO KNOWING ALL THEY KNEW WAS AS SILENT AS THEY BUT HER MIND WAS IN A STRANGE STATE OF EXCITEMENT PARTLY FROM THE PRESENCE OF A NEW SENSE OF LOVE THE PLEASURE OF WHICH ALL THE ATMOSPHERE OF GRIEF INTO WHICH IT GREW COULD NOT TOTALLY QUENCH IT COMFORTED HER SOMEHOW AS A CHILD MAY COMFORT WHEN HIS FATHER IS AWAY BEDTIME CAME AND NO ONE MADE A MOVE TO GO WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT THE THREEMAINED TOGETHER ALL NIGHT THE ELDERS NODDING AND SLUMBERING OCCASIONALLY AND LILITH GETTING SOME SHARE OF REPOSE ON A COUCH ALL NIGHT THE SHAPE OF DEATH MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE HOUSE BUT IT DID NOT DISTURB THEM THEY HEARD NO SOUND SAW NO SIGHT AND WHEN THE MORNING DAWNED THEY SEPARATED CHILLED AND STUPID AND FOR THE TIME BEYOND FEAR TO SEEK REPOSE IN THEIR PRIVATE CHAMBERS
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