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Taking the lamp in her hand, she got upon the chair, and looked over the screen, letting the light shine from below upon her face. She then made a slight noise to attract Karl's attention. TAKING THE LAMP IN HER HAND SHE GOT UPON THE CHAIR AND LOOKED OVER THE SCREEN LETTING THE LIGHT SHINE FROM BELOW HER FACE SHE THEN MADE A SLIGHT NOISE TO ATTRACT KARL'S ATTENTION
oud. With the help of some chalk, she soon made herself ghastly enough, and then placing her lamp on the floor behind the screen, and setting a chair over it, so that it should throw no light in any direction, she waited once more for the vampire. Nor had she much longer to wait. She soon heard a door move, the sound of which she hardly knew, and then the studio door opened. Her heart beat dreadfully, not with fear lest it should be a vampire after all, but with hope that it was Karl. To see him once more was too great joy. Would she not make up to him for all her coldness! But would he care for her now? Perhaps he had been quite cured of his longing for a hard heart like hers. She peeped. It was he sure enough, looking as handsome as ever. He was holding his light to look at her last work, and the expression of his face, even in regarding her handiwork, was enough to let her know that he loved her still. If she had not seen this, she dared not have shown herself from her hiding-place. HE EASILY DISPOSED AS A SHROUD WITH THE HELP OF SOME CHALK SHE SOON MADE HERSELF GHASTLY ENOUGH AND THEN PLACING HER LAMP ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE SCREEN AND SETTING A CHAIR OVER IT SO THAT IT SHOULD THROW NO LIGHT IN ANY DIRECTION SHE WAITED ONCE MORE FOR THE VAMPIRE NOR HAD SHE MUCH LONGER TO WAIT SHE SOON HEARD A DOOR MOVE THE SOUND OF WHICH SHE HARDLY KNEW AND THEN THE STUDIO DOOR OPENED HER HEART BEAT DREADFULLY NOT WITH FEAR LEST IT SHOULD BE A VAMPIRE AFTER ALL BUT WITH HOPE THAT IT WAS KARL TO SEE HIM ONCE MORE WAS TOO GREAT JOY WOULD SHE NOT MAKE UP TO HIM FOR ALL HER COLDNESS BUT WOULD HE CARE FOR HER NOW PERHAPS HE HAD BEEN QUITE CURED OF HIS LONGING FOR A HARD HEART LIKE HERS SHE PEEPED IT WAS HE SURE ENOUGH LOOKING AS HANDSOME AS EVER HE WAS HOLDING HIS LIGHT TO LOOK AT HER LAST WORK AND THE EXPRESSION OF HIS FACE EVEN IN REGARDING HER HANDIWORK WAS ENOUGH TO LET HER KNOW THAT HE LOVED HER STILL IF SHE HAD NOT SEEN THIS SHE DARED NOT HAVE SHOWN HERSELF FROM HER HIDING PLACE
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