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Nor had she much longer to wait. She soon heard a door move, the sound of which she hardly knew, and then the studio door opened. NOR HAD SHE MUCH LONGER TO WAIT SHE SOON HEARD A DOOR MOVE THE SOUND OF WHICH SHE HARDLY KNEW AND THEN THE STUDIO DOOR OPENED
 with the intention of extinguishing it the moment she heard any sign of approach; but as the vampire lingered, she began to occupy herself with examining the picture beside her. She had not looked at it long, before she wetted the tip of her forefinger, and began to rub away at the obliteration. Her suspicions were instantly confirmed: the substance employed was only a gummy wash over the paint. The delight she experienced at the discovery threw her into a mischievous humour. “I will see,” she said to herself, “whether I cannot match Karl Wolkenlicht at this game.” In a closet in the room hung a number of costumes, which Lilith had at different times worn for her father. Among them was a large white drapery, which she easily disposed as a shroud. With the help of some chalk, she soon made herself ghastly enough, and then placing her lamp on the floor behind the screen, and setting a chair over it, so that it should throw no light in any direction, she waited once more for the vampire. AMP WITH HER IN THE STUDIO WITH THE INTENTION OF EXTINGUISHING IT THE MOMENT SHE HEARD ANY SIGN OF APPROACH BUT AS THE VAMPIRE LINGERED SHE BEGAN TO OCCUPY HERSELF WITH EXAMINING THE PICTURE BESIDE HER SHE HAD NOT LOOKED AT IT LONG BEFORE SHE WETTED THE TIP OF HER FOREFINGER AND BEGAN TO RUB AWAY AT THE OBLITERATION HER SUSPICIONS WERE INSTANTLY CONFIRMED THE SUBSTANCE EMPLOYED WAS ONLY A GUMMY WASH OVER THE PAINT THE DELIGHT SHE EXPERIENCED AT THE DISCOVERY THREW HER INTO A MISCHIEVOUS HUMOUR I WILL SEE SHE SAID TO HERSELF WHETHER I CANNOT MATCH KARL WOLKENLICHT AT THIS GAME IN A CLOSET IN THE ROOM HUNG A NUMBER OF COSTUMES WHICH LILITH HAD AT DIFFERENT TIMES WORN FOR HER FATHER AMONG THEM WAS A LARGE WHITE DRAPERY WHICH SHE EASILY DISPOSED AS A SHROUD WITH THE HELP OF SOME CHALK SHE SOON MADE HERSELF GHASTLY ENOUGH AND THEN PLACING HER LAMP ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE SCREEN AND SETTING A CHAIR OVER IT SO THAT IT SHOULD THROW NO LIGHT IN ANY DIRECTION SHE WAITED ONCE MORE FOR THE VAMPIRE
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