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But when all was restored again to the old routine, it became evident that the peculiar direction of his art in which he had hitherto indulged had ceased to interest him. The shock had acted chiefly upon that part of his mental being which had been so absorbed. He would sit for hours without doing anything, apparently plunged in meditation. BUT WHEN ALL WAS RESTORED AGAIN TO THE OLD ROUTINE IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE PECULIAR DIRECTION OF HIS ART IN WHICH HE HAD HITHERTO INDULGED HAD CEASED TO INTEREST HIM THE SHOCK HAD ACTED CHIEFLY UPON THAT PART OF HIS MENTAL BEING WHICH HAD BEEN SO ABSORBED HE WOULD SIT FOR HOURS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING APPARENTLY PLUNGED IN MEDITATION
ore full of bewilderment than ever, but it was not possible that his face should express more. At last he went to his easel, and sat down with a long-drawn sigh as if of relief. But though he sat at his easel, he painted none that day; and as often as Karl ventured a glance, he saw him still staring at him. The discovery that his pictures were restored to their former condition aided, no doubt, in leading him to the same conclusion as the other facts, whatever that conclusion might be--probably that he had been the sport of some evil power, and had been for the greater part of a week utterly bewitched. Lilith had taken care to instruct the old woman, with whom she was all-powerful; and as neither of them showed the smallest traces of the astonishment which seemed to be slowly vitrifying his own brain, he was at last perfectly satisfied that things had been going on all right everywhere but in his inner man; and in this conclusion he certainly was not far wrong, in more senses than one. THE SAME SPOT NO DOUBT MORE FULL OF BEWILDERMENT THAN EVER BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE THAT HIS FACE SHOULD EXPRESS MORE AT LAST HE WENT TO HIS EASEL AND SAT DOWN WITH A LONG DRAWN SIGH AS IF OF RELIEF BUT THOUGH HE SAT AT HIS EASEL HE PAINTED NONE THAT DAY AND AS OFTEN AS KARL VENTURED A GLANCE HE SAW HIM STILL STARING AT HIM THE DISCOVERY THAT HIS PICTURES WERE RESTORED TO THEIR FORMER CONDITION AIDED NO DOUBT IN LEADING HIM TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS THE OTHER FACTS WHATEVER THAT CONCLUSION MIGHT BE PROBABLY THAT HE HAD BEEN THE SPORT OF SOME EVIL POWER AND HAD BEEN FOR THE GREATER PART OF A WEEK UTTERLY BEWITCHED LILITH HAD TAKEN CARE TO INSTRUCT THE OLD WOMAN WITH WHOM SHE WAS ALL POWERFUL AND AS NEITHER OF THEM SHOWED THE SMALLEST TRACES OF ASTONISHMENT WHICH SEEMED TO BE SLOWLY VITRIFYING HIS OWN BRAIN HE WAS AT LAST PERFECTLY SATISFIED THAT THINGS HAD BEEN GOING ON ALL RIGHT EVERYWHERE BUT IN HIS INNER MAN AND IN THIS CONCLUSION HE WAS CERTAINLY NOT FAR WRONG IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
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