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Wolkenlicht looked up, and saw a shudder pass through the frame, and over the pale thin face of the painter. VULCANLICHT LOOKED UP AND SAW A SHUDDER PASS THROUGH THE FRAME AND OVER THE PALE THIN FACE OF THE PAINTER
en souls than that which then passed between father and daughter could hardly be imagined. The father spoke of humanity and all its experiences in a tone of the bitterest scorn. He despised men, and himself amongst them; and rejoiced to think that the generations rose and vanished, brood after brood, as the crops of corn grew and disappeared. Lilith, who listened to it all unmoved, taking only an intellectual interest in the question, remarked that even the corn had more life than that; for, after its death, it rose again in the new crop. Whether she meant that the corn was therefore superior to man, forgetting that the superior can produce being without losing its own, or only advanced an objection to her father’s argument, Wolkenlicht could not tell. But Teufelsbürst laughed like the sound of a saw, and said: “Follow out the analogy, my Lilith, and you will see that man is like the corn that springs again after it is buried; but unfortunately the only result we know of is a vampire.” OLATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SOULS THAN THAT WHICH THEN PASSED BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER COULD HARDLY BE IMAGINED THE FATHER SPOKE OF HUMANITY AND ALL ITS EXPERIENCES IN A TONE OF THE BITTEREST SCORN HE DESPISED MEN AND HIMSELF AMONGST THEM AND REJOICED TO THINK THAT THE GENERATIONS ROSE AND VANISHED BROOD AFTER BROOD AS THE CROPS OF CORN GREW AND DISAPPEARED LILITH WHO LISTENED TO IT ALL UNMOVED TAKING ONLY AN INTELLECTUAL INTEREST IN THE QUESTION REMARKED THAT EVEN THE CORN HAD MORE LIFE THAN THAT FOR AFTER ITS DEATH IT ROSE AGAIN IN THE NEW CROP WHETHER SHE MEANT THAT THE CORN WAS THEREFORE SUPERIOR TO MAN FORGETTING THAT THE SUPERIOR CAN PRODUCE BEING WITHOUT LOSING ITS OWN OR ONLY ADVANCED AN OBJECTION TO HER FATHER'S ARGUMENT WOLKENLICHT COULD NOT TELL BUT TEUFELSBUERST LAUGHED LIKE THE SOUND OF A SAW AND SAID FOLLOW OUT THE ANALOGY MY LILITH AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MAN IS LIKE THE CORN THAT SPRINGS AGAIN AFTER IT IS BURIED BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY RESULT WE KNOW OF IS A VAMPIRE
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