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At last, hearing the footsteps of Lilith, he desisted in some consternation; and that she might escape being shocked by the sight of a dead body where she had been accustomed to see a living one, he removed the lay figure from the couch, and laid Karl in its place, covering him with a black velvet pall. He was just in time. AT LAST HEARING THE FOOTSTEPS OF LILITH HE DESISTED IN SOME CONSTERNATION AND THAT SHE MIGHT ESCAPE BEING SHOCKED BY THE SIGHT OF A DEAD BODY WHERE SHE HAD BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO SEE A LIVING ONE HE REMOVED THE LAY FIGURE FROM THE COUCH AND LAID KARL IN ITS PLACE COVERING HIM WITH A BLACK VELVET PAW HE WAS JUST IN TIME
licht--work all day; no communication between the young people; the dinner and the wine; silent reading when work was done, with stolen glances many over the top of the book, glances that were never returned; the cold good-night; the locking of the door; the wakeful night and the drowsy morning. But at length a change came, and sooner than any of the party had expected. For, whether it was that the impatience of Teufelsbürst had urged him to yet more dangerous experiments, or that the continuance of those he had been so long employing had overcome at length the vitality of Wolkenlicht--one afternoon, as he was sitting at his work, he suddenly dropped from his chair, and his master hurrying to him in some alarm, found him rigid and apparently lifeless. Lilith was not in the study when this took place. In justice to Teufelsbürst, it must be confessed that he employed all the skill he was master of, which for beneficent purposes was not very great, to restore the youth; but without avail. CH THE SAME FOR WOLKENLICHT WORK ALL DAY NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE DINNER AND THE WINE SILENT READING WHEN WORK WAS DONE WITH STOLEN GLANCES MANY OVER THE TOP OF THE BOOK GLANCES THAT WERE NEVER RETURNED THE COLD GOOD NIGHT THE LOCKING OF THE DOOR THE WAKEFUL NIGHT AND THE DROWSY MORNING BUT AT LENGTH A CHANGE CAME AND SOONER THAN ANY OF THE PARTY HAD EXPECTED FOR WHETHER IT WAS THAT THE IMPATIENCE OF TEUFELSBUERST HAD URGED HIM TO YET MORE DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS OR THAT THE CONTINUANCE OF THOSE HE HAD BEEN SO LONG EMPLOYING HAD OVERCOME AT LENGTH THE VITALITY OF WOLKENLICHT ONE AFTERNOON AS HE WAS SITTING AT HIS WORK HE SUDDENLY DROPPED FROM HIS CHAIR AND HIS MASTER HURRYING TO HIM IN SOME ALARM FOUND HIM RIGID AND APPARENTLY LIFELESS LILITH WAS NOT IN THE STUDY WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE IN JUSTICE TO TEUFELSBUERST IT MUST BE CONFESSED THAT HE EMPLOYED ALL THE SKILL HE WAS A MASTER OF WHICH FOR BENEFICENT PURPOSES WAS NOT VERY GREAT TO RESTORE THE YOUTH BUT WITHOUT AVAIL
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