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For Lottchen, as soon as he saw Lilith, seemed to himself to go through a second stage of awaking. Her face made him doubt whether he could be a vampire after all; for instead of wanting to bite her arm and suck the blood, he all but fell down at her feet in a passion of speechless love. FOR LOTTCHEN AS SOON AS HE SAW LILITH SEEMED TO HIMSELF TO GO THROUGH A SECOND STAGE OF AWAKING HER FACE MADE HIM DOUBT WHETHER HE COULD BE A VAMPIRE AFTER ALL FOR INSTEAD OF WANTING TO BITE HER ARM AND SUCK THE BLOOD HE ALL BUT FELL DOWN AT HER FEET IN A PASSION OF SPEECHLESS LOVE
moaning. She turned her face towards the room in keen terror. But she saw nothing. Another light, long-drawn sigh reached her ear, and at the same moment a flash of lightning illumined the room. In the corner farthest from her bed, she spied a white face, nothing more. She was dumb and motionless with fear. Utter darkness followed, a darkness that seemed to enter into her very brain. Yet she felt that the face was slowly crossing the black gulf of the room, and drawing near to where she lay. The next flash revealed, as it bended over her, the ghastly face of Karl, down which flowed fresh tears. The rest of his form was lost in blackness. Lilith did not faint, but it was the very force of her fear that seemed to keep her alive. It became for the moment the atmosphere of her life. She lay trembling and staring at the spot in the darkness where she supposed the face of Karl still to be. But the next flash showed her the face far off, looking at her through the panes of her lattice-window.  MUFFLED MURMURS THE SOUND OF MOANING SHE TURNED HER FACE TOWARDS THE ROOM IN KEEN TERROR BUT SHE SAW NOTHING ANOTHER LIGHT LONG DRAWN SIGH REACHED HER EAR AND AT THE SAME MOMENT A FLASH OF LIGHTNING ILLUMINED THE ROOM IN THE CORNER FARTHEST FROM HER BED SHE SPIED A WHITE FACE NOTHING MORE SHE WAS DUMB AND MOTIONLESS WITH FEAR UTTER DARKNESS FOLLOWED A DARKNESS THAT SEEMED TO ENTER HER VERY BRAIN YET SHE FELT THAT THE FACE WAS SLOWLY CROSSING THE BLACK GULF OF THE ROOM AND DRAWING NEAR TO WHERE SHE LAY THE NEXT FLASH REVEALED AS IT BENDED OVER HER THE GHASTLY FACE OF KARL DOWN WHICH FLOWED FRESH TEARS THE REST OF HIS FORM WAS LOST IN BLACKNESS LILITH DID NOT FAINT BUT IT WAS THE VERY FORCE OF HER FEAR THAT SEEMED TO KEEP HER ALIVE IT BECAME FOR THE MOMENT THE ATMOSPHERE OF HER LIFE SHE LAY TREMBLING AND STARING AT THE SPOT IN THE DARKNESS WHERE SHE SUPPOSED THE FACE OF KARL STILL TO BE BUT THE NEXT FLASH SHOWED HER THE FACE FAR OFF LOOKING AT HER THROUGH THE PANES OF HER LATTICE WINDOW
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