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It seemed to have been so long unopened that it had grown as fixed and hard as the stones that held its bolts in their passive clasp. He dared not watch in the daytime, and with all his watching at night, he never saw father or daughter or domestic cross the threshold. IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SO LONG UNOPENED THAT IT HAD GROWN AS FIXED AND HARD AS THE STONES THAT HELD ITS BOLTS IN THEIR PASSIVE CLASP HE DARED NOT WATCH IN THE DAYTIME AND WITH ALL HIS WATCHING AT NIGHT HE NEVER SAW FATHER OR DAUGHTER OR DOMESTIC CROSS THE THRESHOLD
 seen standing nearest, smiling over a primrose or the bloom on a peach. Some had said that she was the painter’s wife; that she had been false to him; that he had killed her; and, finding that that was no sufficing revenge, thus half in love, and half in deepest hate, immortalised his vengeance. But it was now universally understood that it was his daughter, of whose loveliness extravagant reports went abroad; though all said, doubtless reading this from her father’s pictures, that she was a beauty without a heart. Strange theories of something else supplying its place were rife among the anatomical students. With the girl in the pictures, the wild imagination of Lottchen, probably in part from her apparently absolute unattainableness and her undisputed heartlessness, had fallen in love, as far as the mere imagination can fall in love. But again, how was he to see her? He haunted the house night after night. Those blue eyes never met his. No step responsive to his came from that door. ROM THE CRUSHED LIMB SHE MIGHT BE SEEN STANDING NEAREST SMILING OVER A PRIMROSE OR THE BLOOM ON A PEACH SOME HAD SAID THAT SHE WAS THE PAINTER'S WIFE THAT SHE HAD BEEN FALSE TO HIM THAT HE HAD KILLED HER AND FINDING THAT WAS NO SUFFICING REVENGE THUS HALF IN LOVE AND HALF IN DEEPEST HATE IMMORTALIZED HIS VENGEANCE BUT IT WAS NOW UNIVERSALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS HIS DAUGHTER OF WHOSE LOVELINESS EXTRAVAGANT REPORTS WENT ABROAD THOUGH ALL SET DOUBTLESS READING THIS FROM HER FATHER'S PICTURES THAT SHE WAS A BEAUTY WITHOUT A HEART STRANGE THEORIES OF SOMETHING ELSE SUPPLYING ITS PLACE WERE RIFE AMONG THE ANATOMICAL STUDENTS WITH THE GIRL IN THE PICTURES THE WILD IMAGINATION OF LOCTCHEN PROBABLY IN PART FROM HER APPARENTLY ABSOLUTE UNATTAINABLENESS IN HER UNDISPUTED HEARTLESSNESS HAD FALLEN IN LOVE AS FAR AS THE MERE IMAGINATION CAN FALL IN LOVE BUT AGAIN HOW WAS HE TO SEE HER HE HAUNTED THE HOUSE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THOSE BLUE EYES NEVER MET HIS NO STEP RESPONSIVE TO HIS CAME FROM THAT DOOR
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