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At an open door he had painted Lilith passing, with her face buried in a bunch of sweet peas. AT AN OPEN DOOR HE HAD PAINTED LILITH PASSING WITH HER FACE BURIED IN A BUNCH OF SWEET PEAS
word spoken on the subject, the three remained together all night; the elders nodding and slumbering occasionally, and Lilith getting some share of repose on a couch. All night the shape of death might be somewhere about the house; but it did not disturb them. They heard no sound, saw no sight; and when the morning dawned, they separated, chilled and stupid, and for the time beyond fear, to seek repose in their private chambers. There they remained equally undisturbed. But when the painter approached his easel a few hours after, looking more pale and haggard still than he was wont, from the fears of the night, a new bewilderment took possession of him. He had been busy with a fresh embodiment of his favourite subject, into which he had sketched the form of the student as the sufferer. He had represented poor Wolkenlicht as just beginning to recover from a trance, while a group of surgeons, unaware of the signs of returning life, were absorbed in a minute dissection of one of the limbs.  MADE A MOVE TO GO WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT THE THREEMAINED TOGETHER ALL NIGHT THE ELDERS NODDING AND SLUMBERING OCCASIONALLY AND LILITH GETTING SOME SHARE OF REPOSE ON A COUCH ALL NIGHT THE SHAPE OF DEATH MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE HOUSE BUT IT DID NOT DISTURB THEM THEY HEARD NO SOUND SAW NO SIGHT AND WHEN THE MORNING DAWNED THEY SEPARATED CHILLED AND STUPID AND FOR THE TIME BEYOND FEAR TO SEEK REPOSE IN THEIR PRIVATE CHAMBERS THERE THEY REMAINED EQUALLY UNDISTURBED BUT WHEN THE PAINTER APPROACHED HIS EASEL A FEW HOURS AFTER LOOKING MORE PALE AND HAGGARD STILL THAN HE WAS WONT FROM THE FEARS OF THE NIGHT A NEW BEWILDERMENT TOOK POSSESSION OF HIM HE HAD BEEN BUSY WITH A FRESH EMBODIMENT OF HIS FAVOURITE SUBJECT INTO WHICH HE HAD SKETCHED THE FORM OF THE STUDENT AS THE SUFFERER HE HAD REPRESENTED POOR WOLKENLICHT AS JUST BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM A TRANCE WHILE A GROUP OF SURGEONS UNAWARE OF THE SIGNS OF RETURNING LIFE OR ABSORBED IN A MINUTE DISSECTION OF ONE OF THE LIMBS
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