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These thoughts had been compounded of feelings about Lilith, and speculations about the vampire that haunted the neighbourhood; and the fumes of the last drug of which he had partaken, still hovering in his brain, combined with these thoughts and fancies to generate the delusion that he had just broken from the embrace of his coffin, and risen, the last born of the vampire race. THESE THOUGHTS HAD BEEN COMPOUNDED OF FEELINGS ABOUT LILITH AND THE SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE VAMPIRE THAT HAUNTED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FUMES OF THE LAST DRUG OF WHICH HE HAD PARTAKEN STILL HOVERING IN HIS BRAIN COMBINED WITH THESE THOUGHTS AND FANCIES TO GENERATE THE DELUSION THAT HE HAD JUST BROKEN FROM THE EMBRACE OF HIS COFFIN AND RISEN THE LAST BORN OF THE VAMPIRE RACE
n strength, he could not thus have rent his sepulchre. Indeed, had Teufelsbürst been able to finish his task by the additional layer of gypsum which he contemplated, he must have died the moment life revived; although, so long as the trance lasted, neither the exclusion from the air, nor the practical solidification of the walls of his chest, could do him any injury. He had lain unconscious throughout the operations of Teufelsbürst, but now the catalepsy had passed away, possibly under the influence of the electric condition of the atmosphere. Very likely the strength he now put forth was intensified by a convulsive reaction of all the powers of life, as is not infrequently the case in sudden awakenings from similar interruptions of vital activity. The coming to himself and the bursting of his case were simultaneous. He sat staring about him, with, of all his mental faculties, only his imagination awake, from which the thoughts that occupied it when he fell senseless had not yet faded. EYOND ORDINARY MEN IN STRENGTH HE COULD NOT HAVE THUS RENT HIS SEPULCHRE INDEED HAD TEUFELSBUERST BEEN ABLE TO FINISH HIS TASK BY THE ADDITIONAL LAIR OF GYPSUM WHICH HE CONTEMPLATED HE MUST HAVE DIED THE MOMENT LIFE REVIVED ALTHOUGH SO LONG AS THE TRANCE LASTED NEITHER THE EXCLUSION FROM THE AIR NOR THE PRACTICAL SOLIDIFICATION OF THE WALLS OF HIS CHEST COULD DO HIM ANY INJURY HE HAD LAIN UNCONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS OF TEUFELSBUERST BUT NOW THE CATALEPSY HAD PASSED AWAY POSSIBLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE ELECTRIC CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE VERY LIKELY THE STRENGTH HE NOW PUT FORTH WAS INTENSIFIED BY A CONVULSIVE REACTION OF ALL THE POWERS OF LIFE AS IS NOT INFREQUENTLY THE CASE IN SUDDEN AWAKENINGS FROM SIMILAR INTERRUPTIONS OF VITAL ACTIVITY THE COMING TO HIMSELF AND THE BURSTING OF HIS CASE WERE SIMULTANEOUS HE SAT STARING ABOUT HIM WITH OF ALL HIS MENTAL FACULTIES ONLY HIS IMAGINATION AWAKE FROM WHICH THE THOUGHTS THAT OCCUPIED IT WHEN HE FELL SENSELESS HAD NOT YET FADED
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