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He was at the farther end of a long passage, leading from the house to the studio, on his way to make all secure, when Karl appeared at the door, and advanced towards him. The painter, seized with invincible terror, turned and fled. He reached his room, and fell senseless on the floor. The phantom held on its way, heedless. HE WAS AT THE FARTHER END OF A LONG PASSAGE LEADING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STUDIO ON HIS WAY TO MAKE ALL SECURE WHEN KARL APPEARED AT THE DOOR AND ADVANCED TOWARD HIM THE PAINTER SEIZED WITH INVINCIBLE TERROR TURNED AND FLED HE REACHED HIS ROOM AND FELL SENSELESS ON THE FLOOR THE PHANTOM HELD ON ITS WAY HEEDLESS
n he fell senseless had not yet faded. These thoughts had been compounded of feelings about Lilith, and speculations about the vampire that haunted the neighbourhood; and the fumes of the last drug of which he had partaken, still hovering in his brain, combined with these thoughts and fancies to generate the delusion that he had just broken from the embrace of his coffin, and risen, the last-born of the vampire race. The sense of unavoidable obligation to fulfil his doom, was yet mingled with a faint flutter of joy, for he knew that he must go to Lilith. With a deep sigh, he rose, gathered up the pall of black velvet, flung it around him, stepped from the couch, and left the study to find her. Meantime, Teufelsbürst had sufficiently recovered to remember that he had left the door of the studio unfastened, and that any one entering would discover in what he had been engaged, which, in the case of his getting into any difficulty about the death of Karl, would tell powerfully against him. S THAT OCCUPIED IT WHEN HE FELL SENSELESS HAD NOT YET FADED THESE THOUGHTS HAD BEEN COMPOUNDED OF FEELINGS ABOUT LILITH AND THE SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE VAMPIRE THAT HAUNTED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FUMES OF THE LAST DRUG OF WHICH HE HAD PARTAKEN STILL HOVERING IN HIS BRAIN COMBINED WITH THESE THOUGHTS AND FANCIES TO GENERATE THE DELUSION THAT HE HAD JUST BROKEN FROM THE EMBRACE OF HIS COFFIN AND RISEN THE LAST BORN OF THE VAMPIRE RACE THE SENSE OF UNAVOIDABLE OBLIGATION TO FULFIL HIS DOOM WAS YET MINGLED WITH A FAINT FLUTTER OF JOY FOR HE KNEW THAT HE MUST GO TO LILITH WITH A DEEP SIGH HE ROSE GATHERED UP THE PALL OF BLACK VELVET FLUNG IT AROUND HIM STEPPED FROM THE COUCH AND LEFT THE STUDY TO FIND HER MEANTIME TEUFELSBUERST HAD SUFFICIENTLY RECOVERED TO REMEMBER THAT HE HAD LEFT THE DOOR OF THE STUDIO UNFASTENED AND THAT ANY ONE ENTERING WOULD DISCOVER IN WHAT HE HAD BEEN ENGAGED WHICH IN THE CASE OF HIS GETTING INTO ANY DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE DEATH OF KARL WOULD TELL POWERFULLY AGAINST HIM
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