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Karl informed him of his experiences during the night; upon which Teufelsbürst looked a little graver still, and proceeded to tell them that the storm, whose snow was still covering the ground, had arisen the very moment that their next door neighbour died, and had ceased as suddenly the moment he was buried, though it had raved furiously all the time of the funeral, so that "it made men's bodies quake and their teeth chatter in their heads." KARL INFORMED HIM OF HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE NIGHT UPON WHICH TEUFELSBUERST LOOKED A LITTLE GRAVER STILL AND PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM THAT THE STORM WHOSE SNOW WAS STILL COVERING THE GROUND HAD ARISEN THE VERY MOMENT THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR DIED AND HAD CEASED AS SUDDENLY THE MOMENT HE WAS BURIED THOUGH IT HAD RAVED FURIOUSLY ALL THE TIME OF THE FUNERAL SO THAT IT MADE MEN'S BODIES QUAKE AND THEIR TEETH CHATTER IN THEIR HEADS
ning and shutting gates. Flinging wide his lattice and looking out, the noise of howling dogs came to him from every quarter of the town. The moon was bright and the air was still. In a little while he heard the sounds of a horse going at full gallop round the house, so that it shook as if it would fall; and flashes of light shone into his room. How much of this may have been owing to the effect of the drugs on poor Lottchen’s brain, I leave my readers to determine. But when the family met at breakfast in the morning, Teufelsbürst, who had been already out of doors, reported that he had found the marks of strange feet in the snow, all about the house and through the garden at the back; stating, as his belief, that the tracks must be continued over the roofs, for there was no passage otherwise. There was a wicked gleam in his eye as he spoke; and Lilith believed that he was only trying an experiment on Karl’s nerves. He persisted that he had never seen any footprints of the sort before. ES AND OF OPENING AND SHUTTING GATES FLINGING WIDE HIS LATTICE AND LOOKING OUT THE NOISE OF HOWLING DOGS CAME TO HIM FROM EVERY QUARTER OF THE TOWN THE MOON WAS BRIGHT AND THE AIR WAS STILL IN A LITTLE WHILE HE HEARD THE SOUNDS OF A HORSE GOING AT FULL GALLOP ROUND THE HOUSE SO THAT IT SHOOK AS IF IT WOULD FALL AND THE FLASHES OF LIGHT SHONE INTO HIS ROOM HOW MUCH OF THIS MAY HAVE BEEN OWING TO THE EFFECT OF THE DRUGS ON POOR LUTCHEN'S BRAIN I LEAVE MY READERS TO DETERMINE BUT WHEN THE FAMILY MET AT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING TEUFELSBUERST WHO HAD BEEN ALREADY OUT OF DOORS REPORTED THAT HE HAD FOUND THE MARKS OF STRANGE FEET IN THE SNOW ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE AND THROUGH THE GARDEN AT THE BACK STATING AS HIS BELIEF THAT THE TRACKS MUST BE CONTINUED OVER THE ROOFS FOR THERE WAS NO PASSAGE OTHERWISE AND THERE WAS A WICKED GLEAM IN HIS EYE AS HE SPOKE AND LILITH BELIEVED THAT HE WAS ONLY TRYING AN EXPERIMENT ON KARL'S NERVES HE PERSISTED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANY FOOTPRINTS OF THE SORT BEFORE
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