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He would hold the very heart of the youth in his hand, and wring it and torture it to his own content. HE WOULD HOLD THE VERY HEART OF THE YOUTH IN HIS HAND AND WRING IT AND TORTURE IT TO HIS OWN CONTENT
compelled him to resume the position in which he had placed him at first; after which he sat watching, over the top of his picture, the expression of his countenance as he tried to draw; reading in it the horrid fancy that the figure under the pall had risen, and was stealthily approaching to look over his shoulder. But Lottchen resisted the feeling, and, being already no contemptible draughtsman, was soon interested enough to forget it. And then, any moment _she_ might enter. Now began a system of slow torture, for the chance of which the painter had been long on the watch--especially since he had first seen Karl lingering about the house. His opportunities of seeing physical suffering were nearly enough even for the diseased necessities of his art; but now he had one in his power, on whom, his own will fettering him, he could try any experiments he pleased for the production of a kind of suffering, in the observation of which he did not consider that he had yet sufficient experience. ME PRETENCE ABOUT THE LIGHT COMPELLED HIM TO RESUME THE POSITION IN WHICH HE HAD PLACED HIM AT FIRST AFTER WHICH HE SAT WATCHING OVER THE TOP OF HIS PICTURE THE EXPRESSION OF HIS COUNTENANCE AS HE TRIED TO DRAW READING IN IT THE HORRID FANCY THAT THE FIGURE UNDER THE PALL HAD RISEN AND WAS STEALTHILY APPROACHING TO LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER BUT LUXEN RESISTED THE FEELING AND BEING ALREADY NO CONTEMPTIBLE DRAFTSMAN WAS SOON INTERESTED ENOUGH TO FORGET IT AND THEN ANY MOMENT SHE MIGHT ENTER NOW BEGAN A SYSTEM OF SLOW TORTURE FOR THE CHANCE OF WHICH THE PAINTER HAD BEEN LONG ON THE WATCH ESPECIALLY SINCE HE HAD FIRST SEEN KARL LINGERING ABOUT THE HOUSE HIS OPPORTUNITIES OF SEEING PHYSICAL SUFFERING WERE NEARLY ENOUGH EVEN FOR THE DISEASED NECESSITIES OF HIS ART BUT NOW HE HAD ONE IN HIS POWER ON WHOM HIS OWN WILL FETTERING HIM HE COULD TRY ANY EXPERIMENTS HE PLEASED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A KIND OF SUFFERING IN THE OBSERVATION OF WHICH HE DID NOT CONSIDER THAT HE HAD YET SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE
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