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She looked wild, fierce and haggard with terror and exhaustion, but her dress surprised them as much as even her unexpected appearance. SHE LOOKEDLD FIERCE AND HAGGARD WITH TERROR AND EXHAUSTION BUT HER DRESS SURPRISED THEM AS MUCH AS EVEN HER UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE
depress his spirits; and in order to dispel the gloom, which often crept upon his mind after his daily occupations were over, he was wont frequently to ask Schalken to accompany him home, and share his otherwise solitary supper. One evening, the painter and his pupil were sitting by the fire, having accomplished a comfortable meal, and had yielded to the silent and delicious melancholy of digestion, when their ruminations were disturbed by a loud sound at the street door, as if occasioned by some person rushing and scrambling vehemently against it. A domestic had run without delay to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, and they heard him twice or thrice interrogate the applicant for admission, but without eliciting any other answer but a sustained reiteration of the sounds. They heard him then open the hall-door, and immediately there followed a light and rapid tread on the staircase. Schalken advanced towards the door. It opened before he reached it, and Rose rushed into the room. L SOCIETY TENDED ALSO TO DEPRESS HIS SPIRITS AND IN ORDER TO DISPEL THE GLOOM WHICH OFTEN CREPT UPON HIS MIND AFTER HIS DAILY OCCUPATIONS WERE OVER HE WAS WONT FREQUENTLY TO ASK SHALKIN TO ACCOMPANY HIM HOME AND SHARE HIS OTHERWISE SOLITARY SUPPER ONE EVENING THE PAINTER AND HIS PUPIL WERE SITTING BY THE FIRE HAVING ACCOMPLISHED A COMFORTABLE MEAL AND HAD YIELDED TO THE SILENT AND DELICIOUS MELANCHOLY OF DIGESTION WHEN THEIR RUMINATIONS WERE DISTURBED BY A LOUD SOUND AT THE STREET DOOR AS IF OCCASIONED BY SOME PERSON RUSHING AND SCRAMBLING VEHEMENTLY AGAINST IT A DOMESTIC HAD RUN WITHOUT DELAY TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCE AND THEY HEARD HIM TWICE OR THRICE INTERROGATE THE APPLICANT FOR ADMISSION BUT WITHOUT ELICITING ANY OTHER ANSWER BUT A SUSTAINED REITERATION OF SOUNDS THEY HEARD HIM THEN OPEN THE HALL DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY THERE FOLLOWED A LIGHT AND RAPID TREAD ON THE STAIRCASE SHALKIN ADVANCED TOWARDS THE DOOR IT OPENED BEFORE HE REACHED IT AND ROSE RUSHED INTO THE ROOM
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