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The first thing they did was to go to the cellar where the plaster mass lay, Karl carrying with him a great axe used for cleaving wood. Lilith shuddered when she saw it, stained as it was with the wine Heinrich had spilt over it, and almost believed herself the midnight companion of a vampire after all, visiting with him the terrible corpse in which he lived all day. But Karl soon reassured her; and a few good blows of the axe revealed a very different core to that which Teufelsbürst supposed to be in it. THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS TO GO TO THE CELLAR WHERE THE PLASTER MASS LAY KARL CARRYING WITH HIM A GREAT AXE USED FOR CLEAVING WOOD LILITH SHUDDERED WHEN SHE SAW IT STAINED AS IT WAS WITH THE WINE HEINRICH HAD SPILT OVER IT AND ALMOST BELIEVED HERSELF THE MIDNIGHT COMPANION OF A VAMPIRE AFTER ALL VISITING WITH HIM THE TERRIBLE CORPSE IN WHICH HE LIVED ALL DAY BUT KARL SOON REASSURED HER AND A FEW GOOD BLOWS OF THE AXE REVEALED A VERY DIFFERENT CORE TO THAT WHICH TEUFELSBUERST SUPPOSED TO BE IN IT
, and approached him noiselessly. He did not move. She came close to him and said-- “Are you Karl Wolkenlicht?” His lips moved, but no sound came. “If you are a vampire, and I am a ghost,” she said--but a low happy laugh alone concluded the sentence. Karl sprang to his feet. Lilith’s laugh changed into a burst of sobbing and weeping, and in another moment the ghost was in the arms of the vampire. Lilith had no idea how far her father had wronged Karl, and though, from thinking over the past, he had no doubt that the painter had drugged him, he did not wish to pain her by imparting this conviction. But Lilith was afraid of a reaction of rage and hatred in her father after the terror was removed; and Karl saw that he might thus be deprived of all further intercourse with Lilith, and all chance of softening the old man’s heart towards him; while Lilith would not hear of forsaking him who had banished all the human race but herself. They managed at length to agree upon a plan of operation. E KILLED HER LILITH DESCENDED AND APPROACHED HIM NOISELESSLY HE DID NOT MOVE SHE CAME CLOSE TO HIM AND SAID ARE YOU KARL WOLKENLICHT HIS LIPS MOVED BUT NO SOUND CAME IF YOU ARE A VAMPIRE AND I AM A GHOST SHE SAID BUT A LOW HAPPY LAUGH ALONE CONCLUDED THE SENTENCE KARL SPRANG TO HIS FEET LILITH'S LAUGH CHANGED INTO A BURST OF SOBBING AND WEEPING AND IN ANOTHER MOMENT THE GHOST WAS IN THE ARMS OF THE VAMPIRE LILITH HAD NO IDEA HOW FAR HER FATHER HAD WRONGED KARL AND THOUGH FROM THINKING OVER THE PAST HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT THE PAINTER HAD DRUGGED HIM HE DID NOT WISH TO PAIN HER BY IMPARTING THIS CONVICTION BUT LILITH WAS AFRAID OF A REACTION OF RAGE AND HATRED IN HER FATHER AFTER THE TERROR WAS REMOVED AND KARL SAW THAT HE MIGHT THUS BE DEPRIVED OF ALL FURTHER INTERCOURSE WITH LILITH AND ALL CHANCE OF SOFTENING THE OLD MAN'S HEART TOWARDS HIM WHILE LILITH WOULD NOT HEAR OF FORSAKING HIM WHO HAD BANISHED ALL THE HUMAN RACE BUT HERSELF THEY MANAGED AT LENGTH TO AGREE UPON A PLAN OF OPERATION
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