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The healthy, sunshiny countenance of Karl, let him be ghost or goblin, could not fail to produce somewhat of a tranquillising effect on Teufelsbürst. He took his offered hand mechanically, his countenance utterly vacant with idiotic bewilderment. Karl said   "I was not well, and thought it better to pay a visit to a friend for a few days; but I shall soon make up for lost time, for I am all right now." He sat down at once, taking no notice of his master's behaviour, and went on with his drawing. THE HEALTHY SUNSHINY COUNTENANCE OF KARL LET HIM BE GHOST OR GOBLIN COULD NOT FAIL TO PRODUCE SOMEWHAT OF A TRANQUILLISING EFFECT ON TEUFELSBUERST HE TOOK HIS OFFERED HAND MECHANICALLY HIS COUNTENANCE UTTERLY VACANT WITH IDIOTIC BEWILDERMENT KARL SAID I WAS NOT WELL AND THOUGHT IT BETTER TO PAY A VISIT TO A FRIEND FOR A FEW DAYS BUT I SHALL SOON MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME FOR I AM ALL RIGHT NOW HE SAT DOWN AT ONCE TAKING NO NOTICE OF HIS MASTER'S BEHAVIOUR AND WENT ON WITH HIS DRAWING
 existed removed. Before morning, too, the form of Lilith had dawned anew in every picture. There was no time to restore to its former condition the one Karl had first altered; for in it the changes were all that they seemed; nor indeed was he capable of restoring it in the master’s style; but they put it quite out of the way, and hoped that sufficient time might elapse before the painter thought of it again. When they had done, and Lilith, for all his entreaties, would remain with him no longer, Karl took his former clothes with him, and having spent the rest of the night in his old room, dressed in them in the morning. When Teufelsbürst entered his studio next day, there sat Karl, as if nothing had happened, finishing the drawing on which he had been at work when the fit of insensibility came upon him. The painter started, stared, rubbed his eyes, thought it was another spectral illusion, and was on the point of yielding to his terror, when Karl rose, and approached him with a smile. ACE OF ITS EVER HAVING EXISTED REMOVED BEFORE MORNING TOO THE FORM OF LILITH HAD DAWNED ANEW IN EVERY PICTURE THERE WAS NO TIME TO RESTORE TO ITS FORMER CONDITION THE ONE KARL HAD FIRST ALTERED FOR IN IT THE CHANGES WERE ALL THAT THEY HAD SEEMED NOR INDEED WAS HE CAPABLE OF RESTORING IT IN THE MASTER'S STYLE BUT THEY PUT IT QUITE OUT OF THE WAY AND HOPED THAT SUFFICIENT TIME MIGHT ELAPSE BEFORE THE PAINTER THOUGHT OF IT AGAIN WHEN THEY HAD DONE AND LILITH FOR ALL HIS ENTREATIES WOULD REMAIN WITH HIM NO LONGER KARL TOOK HIS FORMER CLOTHES WITH HIM AND HAVING SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN HIS OLD ROOM DRESSED IN THEM IN THE MORNING WHEN TEUFELSBUERST ENTERED HIS STUDIO NEXT DAY THERE SAT KARL AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED FINISHING THE DRAWING AT WHICH HE HAD BEEN AT WORK WHEN THE FIT OF INSENSIBILITY CAME UPON HIM THE PAINTER STARTED STARED RUBBED HIS EYES THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER SPECTRAL ILLUSION AND WAS ON THE POINT OF YIELDING TO HIS TERROR WHEN KARL ROSE AND APPROACHED HIM WITH A SMILE
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