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Before leaving it to harden till the morning, he was just proceeding to strengthen it with an additional layer all over, when a flash of lightning, reflected in all its dazzle from the snow without, almost blinded him. BEFORE LEAVING IT TO HARDEN TILL THE MORNING HE WAS JUST PROCEEDING TO STRENGTHEN IT WITH AN ADDITIONAL LAYER ALL OVER WHEN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING REFLECTED IN ALL ITS DAZZLE FROM THE SNOW WITHOUT ALMOST BLINDED HIM
uld 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.--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 deep in the artistic enjoyment of a form, at the same time so beautiful and strong, yet with the lines of suffering in every limb and feature, when his daughter’s hand was laid on the latch. He started, flung the velvet drapery over the body, and went to the door. But Lilith had vanished. He returned to his labours. The operation took a long time, for he performed it very carefully. Towards midnight, he had finished encasing the body in a close-clinging shell of plaster, which, when broken off, and fitted together, would be the matrix to the form of the dead Wolkenlicht. F 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 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 DEEP IN THE ARTISTIC ENJOYMENT OF A FORM AT THE SAME TIME SO BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG YET WITH THE LINES OF SUFFERING IN EVERY LIMB AND FEATURE WHEN HIS DAUGHTER'S HAND WAS LAID ON THE LATCH HE STARTED FLUNG THE VELVET DRAPERY OVER THE BODY AND WENT TO THE DOOR BUT LILITH HAD VANISHED HE RETURNED TO HIS LABOURS THE OPERATION TOOK A LONG TIME FOR HE PERFORMED IT VERY CAREFULLY TOWARDS MIDNIGHT HE HAD FINISHED AND CASING THE BODY IN A CLOSE CLINGING SHELL OF PLASTER WHICH WHEN BROKEN OFF AND FITTED TOGETHER WOULD BE THE MATRIX TO THE FORM OF THE DEAD WOLKENLICHT
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