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He was busy preparing to take a cast of the body of his dead pupil, that it might aid to the perfection of his future labours. HE WAS BUSY PREPARING TO TAKE A CAST OF THE BODY OF HIS DEAD PUPIL THAT IT MIGHT AID TO THE PERFECTION OF HIS FUTURE LABOURS
ure, might be about with the figure which she knew lay dead beneath that velvet pall, but which had arisen to haunt the hollow caves and cells of her living brain. She rushed away, and up once more to her silent room, through the darkness which had now settled down in the house; threw herself again on her bed, and lay almost paralysed with horror and distress. But Teufelsbürst was not about anything so frightful as she supposed, though something frightful enough. I have already implied that Wolkenlicht was, in form, as fine an embodiment of youthful manhood as any old Greek republic could have provided one of its sculptors with as model for an Apollo. It is true, that to the eye of a Greek artist he would not have been more acceptable in consequence of the regimen he had been going through for the last few weeks; but the emaciation of Wolkenlicht’s frame, and the consequent prominence of the muscles, indicating the pain he had gone through, were peculiarly attractive to Teufelsbürst.--  HUMAN FORM AND STRUCTURE MIGHT BE ABOUT WITH A FIGURE WHICH SHE KNEW LAY DEAD BENEATH THAT VELVET PALL BUT WHICH HAD RISEN TO HAUNT THE HOLLOW CAVES AND CELLS OF HER LIVING BRAIN SHE RUSHED AWAY AND UP ONCE MORE TO HER SILENT ROOM THROUGH THE DARKNESS WHICH HAD NOW SETTLED DOWN IN THE HOUSE THREW HERSELF AGAIN ON HER BED AND LAY ALMOST PARALYZED WITH HORROR AND DISTRESS BUT TEUFELSBUERST WAS NOT ABOUT ANYTHING SO FRIGHTFUL AS SHE SUPPOSED THOUGH SOMETHING FRIGHTFUL ENOUGH I HAVE ALREADY IMPLIED THAT WOLKENLICHT WAS IN FORM AS FINE AN EMBODIMENT OF YOUTHFUL MANHOOD AS ANY OLD GREEK REPUBLIC COULD HAVE PROVIDED ONE OF ITS SCULPTORS WITH AS MODEL FOR AN APOLLO IT IS TRUE THAT TO THE EYE OF A GREEK ARTIST HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE ACCEPTABLE IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE REGIMENT HE HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS BUT THE EMACIATION OF WOLKENLICH'S FRAME AND THE CONSEQUENT PROMINENCE OF THE MUSCLES INDICATING THE PAIN HE HAD GONE THROUGH WERE PECULIARLY ATTRACTIVE TO TEUFELSBUERST
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