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So it was not surprising that the painter abandoned his studio early, and that the three found themselves together in the gorgeous room formerly described, as soon as twilight began to fall. SO IT WAS NOT SURPRISING THAT THE PAINTER ABANDONED HIS STUDIO EARLY AND THAT THE THREE FOUND THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN THE GORGEOUS ROOM FORMERLY DESCRIBED AS SOON AS TWILIGHT BEGAN TO FALL
voted to her master for many years, and not quite so sensitive to fearful influences as when less experienced in horrors, she showed immediate readiness to render him assistance. Utterly unable, however, to lift the mass between them, they could only drag and push it along; and such a slow toil was it that there was no time to remove the traces of its track, before Lilith came down and saw a broad white line leading from the door of the studio down the cellarstairs. She knew in a moment what it meant; but not a word was uttered about the matter, and the name of Karl Wolkenlicht seemed to be entirely forgotten. But how could the affairs of a house go on all the same when every one of the household knew that a dead body lay in the cellar?--nay more, that, although it lay still and dead enough all day, it would come half alive at nightfall, and, turning the whole house into a sepulchre by its presence, go creeping about like a cat all over it in the dark--perhaps with phosphorescent eyes? HER THE WHOLE STORY DEVOTED TO HER MASTER FOR MANY YEARS AND NOT QUITE SO SENSITIVE TO FEARFUL INFLUENCES AS WHEN LESS EXPERIENCED IN HORRORS SHE SHOWED IMMEDIATE READINESS TO RENDER HIM ASSISTANCE UTTERLY UNABLE HOWEVER TO LIFT THE MASS BETWEEN THEM THEY COULD ONLY DRAG AND PUSH IT ALONG AND SUCH A SLOW TOIL WAS IT THAT THERE WAS NO TIME TO REMOVE THE TRACES OF ITS TRACK BEFORE LILITH CAME DOWN AND SAW A BROAD WHITE LINE LEADING FROM THE DOOR OF THE STUDIO DOWN THE CELLARSTAIRS SHE KNEW IN A MOMENT WHAT IT MEANT BUT NOT A WORD WAS UTTERED ABOUT THE MATTER AND THE NAME OF KARL WOLKENLICHT SEEMED TO BE ENTIRELY FORGOTTEN BUT HOW COULD THE AFFAIRS OF A HOUSE GO ON ALL THE SAME WHEN EVERY ONE OF THE HOUSEHOLD KNEW THAT A DEAD BODY LAY IN THE CELLAR NAY MORE THAT ALTHOUGH IT LAY STILL AND DEAD ENOUGH ALL DAY IT WOULD COME HALF ALIVE AT NIGHTFALL AND TURNING THE WHOLE HOUSE INTO A SEPULCHRE BY ITS PRESENCE GO CREEPING ABOUT LIKE A CAT ALL OVER IT IN THE DARK PERHAPS WITH PHOSPHORESCENT EYES
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