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Lilith had altogether vanished, and in her place stood the dim vampire reiteration of the body that lay extended on the table, staring greedily at the assembled company. With trembling hands the painter removed the picture from the easel, and turned its face to the wall. LILITH HAD ALTOGETHER VANISHED AND IN HER PLACE STOOD THE DIM VAMPIRE REITERATION OF THE BODY THAT LAY EXTENDED ON THE TABLE STARING GREEDILY AT THE ASSEMBLED COMPANY WITH TREMBLING HANDS THE PAINTER REMOVED THE PICTURE FROM THE EASEL AND TURNED ITS FACE TO THE WALL
bers. There they remained equally undisturbed. But when the painter approached his easel a few hours after, looking more pale and haggard still than he was wont, from the fears of the night, a new bewilderment took possession of him. He had been busy with a fresh embodiment of his favourite subject, into which he had sketched the form of the student as the sufferer. He had represented poor Wolkenlicht as just beginning to recover from a trance, while a group of surgeons, unaware of the signs of returning life, were absorbed in a minute dissection of one of the limbs. At an open door he had painted Lilith passing, with her face buried in a bunch of sweet peas. But when he came to the picture, he found, to his astonishment and terror, that the face of one of the group was now turned towards that of the victim, regarding his revival with demoniac satisfaction, and taking pains to prevent the others from discovering it. The face of this prince of torturers was that of Teufelsbürst himself.  IN THEIR PRIVATE CHAMBERS THERE THEY REMAINED EQUALLY UNDISTURBED BUT WHEN THE PAINTER APPROACHED HIS EASEL A FEW HOURS AFTER LOOKING MORE PALE AND HAGGARD STILL THAN HE WAS WONT FROM THE FEARS OF THE NIGHT A NEW BEWILDERMENT TOOK POSSESSION OF HIM HE HAD BEEN BUSY WITH A FRESH EMBODIMENT OF HIS FAVOURITE SUBJECT INTO WHICH HE HAD SKETCHED THE FORM OF THE STUDENT AS THE SUFFERER HE HAD REPRESENTED POOR WOLKENLICHT AS JUST BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM A TRANCE WHILE A GROUP OF SURGEONS UNAWARE OF THE SIGNS OF RETURNING LIFE OR ABSORBED IN A MINUTE DISSECTION OF ONE OF THE LIMBS AT AN OPEN DOOR HE HAD PAINTED LILITH PASSING WITH HER FACE BURIED IN A BUNCH OF SWEET PEAS BUT WHEN HE CAME TO THE PICTURE HE FOUND TO HIS ASTONISHMENT AND TERROR THAT THE FACE OF ONE OF THE GROUP WAS NOW TURNED TOWARDS THAT OF THE VICTIM REGARDING HIS REVIVAL WITH DEMONIAC SATISFACTION AND TAKING PAINS TO PREVENT THE OTHERS FROM DISCOVERING IT THE FACE OF THIS PRINCE OF TORTURERS WAS THAT OF TEUFELSBUERST HIMSELF
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