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Again she buried her face in her hands; and Karl sat with a strange feeling of helplessness, which grew as he sat; and the longing to help her whom he could not help, drew his heart towards her with a trembling reverence which was quite new to him. AGAIN SHE BURIED HER FACE IN HER HANDS AND KARL SAT WITH A STRANGE FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS WHICH GREW AS HE SAT AND THE LONGING TO HELP HER WHOM HE COULD NOT HELP DREW HIS HEART TOWARDS HER WITH A TREMBLING REVERENCE WHICH WAS QUITE NEW TO HIM
owing day, in the hope that he too might be favoured with a vision of Lilith. This resolution he carried out. Seated in a porch of the church, not knowing in what direction to look for the apparition he hoped to see, and desirous as well of not seeming to be on the watch for one, he was gazing at the fallen rose-leaves of the sunset, withering away upon the sky; when, glancing aside by an involuntary movement, he saw a woman seated upon a new-made grave, not many yards from where he sat, with her face buried in her hands, and apparently weeping bitterly. Karl was in the shadow of the porch, and could see her perfectly, without much danger of being discovered by her; so he sat and watched her. She raised her head for a moment, and the rose-flush of the west fell over it, shining on the tears with which it was wet, and giving the whole a bloom which did not belong to it, for it was always pale, and now pale as death. It was indeed the face of Lilith, the most celebrated beauty of Prague. PHEN'S AT SUNDOWN THE FOLLOWING DAY IN THE HOPE THAT HE TOO MIGHT BE FAVOURED WITH A VISION OF LILITH THIS RESOLUTION HE CARRIED OUT SEATED IN A PORCH OF THE CHURCH NOT KNOWING IN WHAT DIRECTION TO LOOK FOR THE APPARITION HE HOPED TO SEE AND DESIROUS AS WELL OF NOT SEEMING TO BE ON THE WATCH FOR ONE HE WAS GAZING AT THE FALLEN ROSE LEAVES OF THE SUNSET WITHERING AWAY UPON THE SKY WHEN GLANCING ASIDE BY AN INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT HE SAW A WOMAN SEATED UPON A NEW MADE GRAVE NOT MANY YARDS FROM WHERE HE SAT WITH HER FACE BURIED IN HER HANDS AND APPARENTLY WEEPING BITTERLY KARL WAS IN THE SHADOW OF THE PORCH AND COULD SEE HER PERFECTLY WITHOUT MUCH DANGER OF BEING DISCOVERED BY HER SO HE SAT AND WATCHED HER SHE RAISED HER HEAD FOR A MOMENT AND THE ROSE FLUSH OF THE WEST FELL OVER IT SHINING ON THE TEARS WITH WHICH IT WAS WET AND GIVING THE WHOLE A BLOOM WHICH DID NOT BELONG TO IT FOR IT WAS ALWAYS PALE AND NOW PALE AS DEATH IT WAS INDEED THE FACE OF LILITH THE MOST CELEBRATED BEAUTY OF PRAGUE
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