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She lay awake and listened. As it died away, she thought she heard, mingling with its last muffled murmurs, the sound of moaning. She turned her face towards the room in keen terror. But she saw nothing. SHE LAY AWAKE AND LISTENED AS IT DIED AWAY SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD MINGLING WITH ITS LAST MUFFLED MURMURS THE SOUND OF MOANING SHE TURNED HER FACE TOWARDS THE ROOM IN KEEN TERROR BUT SHE SAW NOTHING
nd him, stepped from the couch, and left the study to find her. 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. He was at the farther end of a long passage, leading from the house to the studio, on his way to make all secure, when Karl appeared at the door, and advanced towards him. The painter, seized with invincible terror, turned and fled. He reached his room, and fell senseless on the floor. The phantom held on its way, heedless. Lilith, on gaining her room the second time, had thrown herself on her bed as before, and had wept herself into a troubled slumber. She lay dreaming--and dreadful dreams. Suddenly she awoke in one of those peals of thunder which tormented the high regions of the air, as a storm billows the surface of the ocean. OF BLACK VELVET FLUNG IT AROUND HIM STEPPED FROM THE COUCH AND LEFT THE STUDY TO FIND HER 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 HE WAS AT THE FARTHER END OF A LONG PASSAGE LEADING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STUDIO ON HIS WAY TO MAKE ALL SECURE WHEN KARL APPEARED AT THE DOOR AND ADVANCED TOWARD HIM THE PAINTER SEIZED WITH INVINCIBLE TERROR TURNED AND FLED HE REACHED HIS ROOM AND FELL SENSELESS ON THE FLOOR THE PHANTOM HELD ON ITS WAY HEEDLESS LILITH ON GAINING HER ROOM THE SECOND TIME HAD THROWN HERSELF ON HER BED AS BEFORE AND HAD WEPT HERSELF INTO A TROUBLED SLUMBER SHE LAY DREAMING AND DREADFUL DREAMS SUDDENLY SHE AWOKE IN ONE OF THOSE PEALS OF THUNDER WHICH TORMENTED THE HIGH REGIONS OF THE AIR AS A STORM BILLOWS THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN
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