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Daylight had already declined, and twilight was deepening into the darkness of night. The patience of the young painter was exhausted, and he stood before his unfinished production, angry and mortified, one hand buried in the folds of his long hair, and the other holding the piece of charcoal which had so ill performed its office, and which he now rubbed, without much regard to the sable streaks it produced, with irritable pressure upon his ample Flemish inexpressibles. DAYLIGHT HAD ALREADY DECLINED AND TWILIGHT WAS DEEPENING INTO THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT THE PATIENCE OF THE YOUNG PAINTER WAS EXHAUSTED AND HE STOOD BEFORE HIS UNFINISHED PRODUCTION ANGRY AND MORTIFIED ONE HAND BURIED IN THE FOLDS OF HIS LONG HAIR AND THE OTHER HOLDING THE PIECE OF CHARCOAL WHICH HAD SO ILL PERFORMED ITS OFFICE AND WHICH HE NOW RUBBED WITHOUT MUCH REGARD TO THE SABLE STREAKS IT PRODUCED WITH IRRITABLE PRESSURE UPON HIS AMPLE FLEMISH INEXPRESSIBLES
levated and beguiled them, were however, destined to experience a sudden interruption--of a character so strange and mysterious as to baffle all inquiry and to throw over the events themselves a shadow of preternatural horror. Schalken had one evening outstayed all his fellow-pupils, and still pursued his work in the deserted room. As the daylight was fast falling, he laid aside his colours, and applied himself to the completion of a sketch on which he had expressed extraordinary pains. It was a religious composition, and represented the temptations of a pot-bellied Saint Anthony. The young artist, however destitute of elevation, had, nevertheless, discernment enough to be dissatisfied with his own work, and many were the patient erasures and improvements which saint and devil underwent, yet all in vain. The large, old-fashioned room was silent, and, with the exception of himself, quite emptied of its usual inmates. An hour had thus passed away, nearly two, without any improved result. AND WORSE STILL THE HOPES THAT ELEVATED AND BEGUILED THEM WERE HOWEVER DESTINED TO EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN INTERRUPTION OF A CHARACTER SO STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS AS TO BAFFLE ALL INQUIRY AND TO THROW OVER THE EVENTS THEMSELVES A SHADOW OF PRETERNATURAL HORROR JOHNKIN HAD ONE EVENING OUTSTAYED ALL HIS FELLOW PUPILS AND STILL PURSUED HIS WORK IN THE DESERTED ROOM AS THE DAYLIGHT WAS FAST FALLING HE LAID ASIDE HIS COLORS AND APPLIED HIMSELF TO THE COMPLETION OF A SKETCH ON WHICH HE HAD EXPRESSED EXTRAORDINARY PAINS IT WAS A RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION AND REPRESENTED THE TEMPTATIONS OF A POT BELLIED SAINT ANTHONY THE YOUNG ARTIST HOWEVER DESTITUTE OF ELEVATION HAD NEVERTHELESS DISCERNMENT ENOUGH TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH HIS OWN WORK AND MANY WERE THE PATIENT ERASURES AND IMPROVEMENTS WHICH SAINT AND DEVIL UNDERWENT YET ALL IN VAIN LARGE OLD FASHIONED ROOM WAS SILENT AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIMSELF QUITE EMPTIED OF ITS USUAL INMATES AN HOUR HAD THUS PASSED AWAY NEARLY TWO WITHOUT ANY IMPROVED RESULT
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