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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. 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
hing so frightful as she supposed, though something frightful enough. I have already implied that Wolkenlicht was, in form, as fine an embodiment of youthful manhood as any old Greek republic could have provided one of its sculptors with as model for an Apollo. It is true, that to the eye of a Greek artist he would 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. T WAS NOT ABOUT ANYTHING SO FRIGHTFUL AS SHE SUPPOSED THOUGH SOMETHING FRIGHTFUL ENOUGH I HAVE ALREADY IMPLIED THAT WOLKENLICHT WAS IN FORM AS FINE AN EMBODIMENT OF YOUTHFUL MANHOOD AS ANY OLD GREEK REPUBLIC COULD HAVE PROVIDED ONE OF ITS SCULPTORS WITH AS MODEL FOR AN APOLLO IT IS TRUE THAT TO THE EYE OF 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
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