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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. 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
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. Lilith, on gaining her room the second time, had thrown herself on her bed as before, and had wept herself into a troubled slumber. She lay dreaming--and dreadful dreams. Suddenly she awoke in one of those peals of thunder which tormented the high regions of the air, as a storm billows the surface of the ocean. She lay awake and listened. As it died away, she thought she heard, mingling with its last 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.  HIM 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 LILITH ON GAINING HER ROOM THE SECOND TIME HAD THROWN HERSELF ON HER BED AS BEFORE AND HAD WEPT HERSELF INTO A TROUBLED SLUMBER SHE LAY DREAMING AND DREADFUL DREAMS SUDDENLY SHE AWOKE IN ONE OF THOSE PEALS OF THUNDER WHICH TORMENTED THE HIGH REGIONS OF THE AIR AS A STORM BILLOWS THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN SHE LAY AWAKE AND LISTENED AS IT DIED AWAY SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD MINGLING WITH ITS LAST 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
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