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On the contrary, it wore the same arch smile which used to enchant the artist long before in his happy days. ON THE CONTRARY IT WORE THE SAME ARCH SMILE WHICH USED TO ENCHANT THE ARTIST LONG BEFORE IN HIS HAPPY DAYS
 and body of Godfrey Schalken, and he sank into a deep sleep, from which he awakened by someone's shaking him gently by the shoulder. He first thought that the old sexton had called him, but _he_ was no longer in the room. He roused himself, and as soon as he could clearly see what was around him, he perceived a female form, clothed in a kind of light robe of white, part of which was so disposed as to form a veil, and in her hand she carried a lamp. She was moving rather away from him, in the direction of the flight of steps which conducted towards the vaults. Schalken felt a vague alarm at the sight of this figure and at the same time an irresistible impulse to follow its guidance. He followed it towards the vaults, but when it reached the head of the stairs, he paused; the figure paused also, and, turning gently round, displayed, by the light of the lamp it carried, the face and features of his first love, Rose Velderkaust. There was nothing horrible, or even sad, in the countenance. HOURS GRADUALLY OVERCAME THE MIND AND BODY OF GODFREY SHALKIN AND HE SANK INTO A DEEP SLEEP FROM WHICH HE AWAKENED BY SOME WIND SHAKING HIM GENTLY BY THE SHOULDER HE FIRST THOUGHT THAT THE OLD SEXTON HAD CALLED HIM BUT HE WAS NO LONGER IN THE ROOM HE ROUSED HIMSELF AND AS SOON AS HE COULD CLEARLY SEE WHAT WAS AROUND HIM HE RECEIVED A FEMALE FORM CLOTHED IN A KIND OF LIGHT ROBE OF WHITE PART OF WHICH WAS SO DISPOSED AS TO FORM A VEIL AND IN HER HAND SHE CARRIED A LAMP SHE WAS MOVING RATHER AWAY FROM HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FLIGHT OF STEPS WHICH CONDUCTED TOWARDS THE VAULTS SHALKIN FELT A VAGUE ALARM AT THE SIGHT OF THIS FIGURE AND AT THE SAME TIME AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE TO FOLLOW ITS GUIDANCE HE FOLLOWED IT TOWARDS THE VAULTS BUT WHEN IT REACHED THE HEAD OF THE STAIRS HE PAUSED THE FIGURE PAUSED ALSO AND TURNING GENTLY ROUND DISPLAYED BY THE LIGHT OF THE LAMP IT CARRIED THE FACE AND FEATURES OF HIS FIRST LOVE ROSE VELDERCOST THERE WAS NOTHING HORRIBLE OR EVEN SAD IN THE COUNTENANCE
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