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Reassured, he soon persuaded himself that the spectre in this case had been the offspring of his own terror haunted brain. But he had no spirit for painting now. He wandered about the house, himself haunting it like a restless ghost. REASSURED HE SOON PERSUADED HIMSELF THAT THE SPECTRE IN THIS CASE HAD BEEN THE OFFSPRING OF HIS OWN TERROR HAUNTED BRAIN BUT HE HAD NO SPIRIT FOR PAINTING NOW HE WANDERED ABOUT THE HOUSE HIMSELF HAUNTING IT LIKE A RESTLESS GHOST
 to see the face that was on the other side. So she crept round and round by the wall, as far off as she could. The figure remained motionless. It was a strange kind of shock that she experienced when she saw the face, disgusting from its inanity. The absurdity next struck her; and with the absurdity flashed into her mind the conviction that this was not the doing of a vampire; for of all creatures under the moon, he could not be expected to be a humorist. A wild hope sprang up in her mind that Karl was not dead. Of this she soon resolved to make herself sure. She closed the door of the studio; in the strength of her new hope undressed the figure, put it in its place, concealed the garments--all the work of a few minutes; and then, finding her father just recovering from the worst of his fear, told him there was nothing in the studio but what ought to be there, and persuaded him to go and see. He not only saw no one, but found that no further liberties had been taken with his pictures.  TO BE CAME THE LONGING TO SEE THE FACE THAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE SO SHE CREPT ROUND AND ROUND BY THE WALL AS FAR OFF AS SHE COULD THE FIGURE REMAINED MOTIONLESS IT WAS A STRANGE KIND OF SHOCK THAT SHE EXPERIENCED WHEN SHE SAW THE FACE DISGUSTING FROM ITS INANITY THE ABSURDITY NEXT STRUCK HER AND WITH THE ABSURDITY FLASHED INTO HER MIND THE CONVICTION THAT THIS WAS NOT THE DOING OF A VAMPIRE FOR OF ALL CREATURES UNDER THE MOON HE COULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO BE A HUMORIST A WILD HOPE SPRANG UP IN HER MIND THAT KARL WAS NOT DEAD OF THIS SHE SOON RESOLVED TO MAKE HERSELF SURE SHE CLOSED THE DOOR OF THE STUDIO IN THE STRENGTH OF HER NEW HOPE UNDRESSED THE FIGURE PUT IT IN ITS PLACE CONCEALED THE GARMENTS ALL THE WORK OF A FEW MINUTES AND THEN FINDING HER FATHER JUST RECOVERING FROM THE WORST OF HIS FEAR TOLD HIM THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE STUDIO BUT WHAT OUGHT TO BE THERE AND PERSUADED HIM TO GO AND SEE HE NOT ONLY SAW NO ONE BUT FOUND THAT NO FURTHER LIBERTIES HAD BEEN TAKEN WITH HIS PICTURES
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