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Watching the windows, he had chosen a safe time to enter, and had been hard at work all night on these alterations. WATCHING THE WINDOWS HE HAD CHOSEN A SAFE TIME TO ENTER AND HAD BEEN HARD AT WORK ALL NIGHT ON THESE ALTERATIONS
f returning life, were absorbed in a minute dissection of one of the limbs. At an open door he had painted Lilith passing, with her face buried in a bunch of sweet peas. But when he came to the picture, he found, to his astonishment and terror, that the face of one of the group was now turned towards that of the victim, regarding his revival with demoniac satisfaction, and taking pains to prevent the others from discovering it. The face of this prince of torturers was that of Teufelsbürst himself. Lilith had altogether vanished, and in her place stood the dim vampire reiteration of the body that lay extended on the table, staring greedily at the assembled company. With trembling hands the painter removed the picture from the easel, and turned its face to the wall. Of course this was the work of Lottchen. When he left the house, he took with him the key of a small private door, which was so seldom used that, while it remained closed, the key would not be missed, perhaps for many months. S UNAWARE OF THE SIGNS OF RETURNING LIFE OR ABSORBED IN A MINUTE DISSECTION OF ONE OF THE LIMBS AT AN OPEN DOOR HE HAD PAINTED LILITH PASSING WITH HER FACE BURIED IN A BUNCH OF SWEET PEAS BUT WHEN HE CAME TO THE PICTURE HE FOUND TO HIS ASTONISHMENT AND TERROR THAT THE FACE OF ONE OF THE GROUP WAS NOW TURNED TOWARDS THAT OF THE VICTIM REGARDING HIS REVIVAL WITH DEMONIAC SATISFACTION AND TAKING PAINS TO PREVENT THE OTHERS FROM DISCOVERING IT THE FACE OF THIS PRINCE OF TORTURERS WAS THAT OF TEUFELSBUERST HIMSELF LILITH HAD ALTOGETHER VANISHED AND IN HER PLACE STOOD THE DIM VAMPIRE REITERATION OF THE BODY THAT LAY EXTENDED ON THE TABLE STARING GREEDILY AT THE ASSEMBLED COMPANY WITH TREMBLING HANDS THE PAINTER REMOVED THE PICTURE FROM THE EASEL AND TURNED ITS FACE TO THE WALL OF COURSE THIS WAS THE WORK OF LOTTCHEN WHEN HE LEFT THE HOUSE HE TOOK WITH HIM THE KEY OF A SMALL PRIVATE DOOR WHICH WAS SO SELDOM USED THAT WHILE IT REMAINED CLOSED THE KEY WOULD NOT BE MISSED PERHAPS FOR MANY MONTHS
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