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And as soon as he had finished Karl, he began once more to paint Lilith; and when he had painted her, he composed a picture for the very purpose of introducing them together; and in this picture there was neither ugliness nor torture, but human feeling and human hope instead. AND AS SOON AS HE HAD FINISHED KARL HE BEGAN ONCE MORE TO PAINT LILITH AND WHEN HE HAD PAINTED HER HE COMPOSED A PICTURE FOR THE VERY PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING THEM TOGETHER AND IN THIS PICTURE THERE WAS NEITHER UGLINESS NOR TORTURE BUT HUMAN FEELING AND HUMAN HOPE INSTEAD
 But when all was restored again to the old routine, it became evident that the peculiar direction of his art in which he had hitherto indulged had ceased to interest him. The shock had acted chiefly upon that part of his mental being which had been so absorbed. He would sit for hours without doing anything, apparently plunged in meditation.--Several weeks elapsed without any change, and both Lilith and Karl were getting dreadfully anxious about him. Karl paid him every attention; and the old man, for he now looked much older than before, submitted to receive his services as well as those of Lilith. At length, one morning, he said in a slow thoughtful tone-- “Karl Wolkenlicht, I should like to paint you.” “Certainly, sir,” answered Karl, jumping up, “where would you like me to sit?” So the ice of silence and inactivity was broken, and the painter drew and painted; and the spring of his art flowed once more; and he made a beautiful portrait of Karl--a portrait without evil or suffering.  FAR WRONG IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE BUT WHEN ALL WAS RESTORED AGAIN TO THE OLD ROUTINE IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE PECULIAR DIRECTION OF HIS ART IN WHICH HE HAD HITHERTO INDULGED HAD CEASED TO INTEREST HIM THE SHOCK HAD ACTED CHIEFLY UPON THAT PART OF HIS MENTAL BEING WHICH HAD BEEN SO ABSORBED HE WOULD SIT FOR HOURS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING APPARENTLY PLUNGED IN MEDITATION SEVERAL WEEKS ELAPSED WITHOUT ANY CHANGE AND BOTH LILITH AND KARL WERE GETTING DREADFULLY ANXIOUS ABOUT HIM KARL PAID HIM EVERY ATTENTION AND THE OLD MAN FOR HE NOW LOOKED MUCH OLDER THAN BEFORE SUBMITTED TO RECEIVE HIS SERVICES AS WELL AS THOSE OF LILITH AT LENGTH ONE MORNING HE SAID IN A SLOW THOUGHTFUL TONE KARL WOLKENLICHT I SHOULD LIKE TO PAINT YOU CERTAINLY SIR ANSWERED KARL JUMPING UP WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SIT SO THE ICE OF SILENCE AND INACTIVITY WAS BROKEN AND THE PAINTER DREW AND PAINTED AND THE SPRING OF HIS ART FLOWED ONCE MORE AND HE MADE A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF KARL A PORTRAIT WITHOUT EVIL OR SUFFERING
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