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Meantime, Teufelsbürst had sufficiently recovered to remember that he had left the door of the studio unfastened, and that any one entering would discover in what he had been engaged, which, in the case of his getting into any difficulty about the death of Karl, would tell powerfully against him. MEANTIME TEUFELSBUERST HAD SUFFICIENTLY RECOVERED TO REMEMBER THAT HE HAD LEFT THE DOOR OF THE STUDIO UNFASTENED AND THAT ANY ONE ENTERING WOULD DISCOVER IN WHAT HE HAD BEEN ENGAGED WHICH IN THE CASE OF HIS GETTING INTO ANY DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE DEATH OF KARL WOULD TELL POWERFULLY AGAINST HIM
s not infrequently the case in sudden awakenings from similar interruptions of vital activity. The coming to himself and the bursting of his case were simultaneous. He sat staring about him, with, of all his mental faculties, only his imagination awake, from which the thoughts that occupied it when he fell senseless had not yet faded. These thoughts had been compounded of feelings about Lilith, and speculations about the vampire that haunted the neighbourhood; and the fumes of the last drug of which he had partaken, still hovering in his brain, combined with these thoughts and fancies to generate the delusion that he had just broken from the embrace of his coffin, and risen, the last-born of the vampire race. The sense of unavoidable obligation to fulfil his doom, was yet mingled with a faint flutter of joy, for he knew that he must go to Lilith. With a deep sigh, he rose, gathered up the pall of black velvet, flung it around him, stepped from the couch, and left the study to find her. THE POWERS OF LIFE AS IS NOT INFREQUENTLY THE CASE IN SUDDEN AWAKENINGS FROM SIMILAR INTERRUPTIONS OF VITAL ACTIVITY THE COMING TO HIMSELF AND THE BURSTING OF HIS CASE WERE SIMULTANEOUS HE SAT STARING ABOUT HIM WITH OF ALL HIS MENTAL FACULTIES ONLY HIS IMAGINATION AWAKE FROM WHICH THE THOUGHTS THAT OCCUPIED IT WHEN HE FELL SENSELESS HAD NOT YET FADED THESE THOUGHTS HAD BEEN COMPOUNDED OF FEELINGS ABOUT LILITH AND THE SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE VAMPIRE THAT HAUNTED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FUMES OF THE LAST DRUG OF WHICH HE HAD PARTAKEN STILL HOVERING IN HIS BRAIN COMBINED WITH THESE THOUGHTS AND FANCIES TO GENERATE THE DELUSION THAT HE HAD JUST BROKEN FROM THE EMBRACE OF HIS COFFIN AND RISEN THE LAST BORN OF THE VAMPIRE RACE THE SENSE OF UNAVOIDABLE OBLIGATION TO FULFIL HIS DOOM WAS YET MINGLED WITH A FAINT FLUTTER OF JOY FOR HE KNEW THAT HE MUST GO TO LILITH WITH A DEEP SIGH HE ROSE GATHERED UP THE PALL OF BLACK VELVET FLUNG IT AROUND HIM STEPPED FROM THE COUCH AND LEFT THE STUDY TO FIND HER
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