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With trembling hands he tried to cast the pall over the awful white chrysalis,  failed, and fled to his chamber. And there lay the studio naked to the eyes of the lightning, with its tortured forms throbbing out of the dark, and quivering, as with life, in the almost continuous palpitations of the light; while on the couch lay the motionless mass of whiteness, gleaming blue in the lightning, almost more terrible in its crude indications of the human form, than that which it enclosed. WITH TREMBLING HANDS HE TRIED TO CAST THE PALL OVER THE AWFUL WHITE CHRYSALIS FAILED AND FLED TO HIS CHAMBER AND THERE LAY THE STUDIO NAKED TO THE EYES OF THE LIGHTNING WITH ITS TORTURED FORMS THROBBING OUT OF THE DARK AND QUIVERING AS WITH LIFE IN THE ALMOST CONTINUOUS PALPITATIONS OF THE LIGHT WHILE ON THE COUCH LAY THE MOTIONLESS MASS OF WHITENESS GLEAMING BLUE IN THE LIGHTNING ALMOST MORE TERRIBLE IN ITS CRUDE INDICATIONS OF THE HUMAN FORM THAN THAT WHICH IT ENCLOSED
nd strong, yet with the lines of suffering in every limb and feature, when his daughter’s hand was laid on the latch. He started, flung the velvet drapery over the body, and went to the door. But Lilith had vanished. He returned to his labours. The operation took a long time, for he performed it very carefully. Towards midnight, he had finished encasing the body in a close-clinging shell of plaster, which, when broken off, and fitted together, would be the matrix to the form of the dead Wolkenlicht. Before leaving it to harden till the morning, he was just proceeding to strengthen it with an additional layer all over, when a flash of lightning, reflected in all its dazzle from the snow without, almost blinded him. A peal of long-drawn thunder followed; the wind rose; and just such a storm came on as had risen some time before at the death of Kuntz, whose spectre was still tormenting the city. The gnomes of terror, deep hidden in the caverns of Teufelsbürst’s nature, broke out jubilant. THE SAME TIME SO BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG YET WITH THE LINES OF SUFFERING IN EVERY LIMB AND FEATURE WHEN HIS DAUGHTER'S HAND WAS LAID ON THE LATCH HE STARTED FLUNG THE VELVET DRAPERY OVER THE BODY AND WENT TO THE DOOR BUT LILITH HAD VANISHED HE RETURNED TO HIS LABOURS THE OPERATION TOOK A LONG TIME FOR HE PERFORMED IT VERY CAREFULLY TOWARDS MIDNIGHT HE HAD FINISHED AND CASING THE BODY IN A CLOSE CLINGING SHELL OF PLASTER WHICH WHEN BROKEN OFF AND FITTED TOGETHER WOULD BE THE MATRIX TO THE FORM OF THE DEAD WOLKENLICHT BEFORE LEAVING IT TO HARDEN TILL THE MORNING HE WAS JUST PROCEEDING TO STRENGTHEN IT WITH AN ADDITIONAL LAYER ALL OVER WHEN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING REFLECTED IN ALL ITS DAZZLE FROM THE SNOW WITHOUT ALMOST BLINDED HIM A PEAL OF LONG DRAWN THUNDER FOLLOWED THE WIND ROSE AND JUST SUCH A STORM CAME ON AS HAD RISEN SOME TIME BEFORE THE DEATH OF KONTZ WHOSE SPECTRE WAS STILL TORMENTING THE CITY THE GNOMES OF TERROR DEEP HIDDEN IN THE CAVERNS OF TEUFELSBUERST'S NATURE BROKE OUT JUBILANT
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