Youarewelcome.Youhere,greatGod!Trulythesewallsoughttobesurprisedtoseeyou.Yes,hearme,deafoldwalls:themanyouseethereuponthethresholdismyfather!Ah,tellme,wouldyounothavedivineditbythetendernessinhisface,bythatsmilefullofgoodnessplayingabouthislips?Andthensheadded:
Unnaturalfather,doyourememberyetthatyouoncehadadaughter?Searchwell,youwillfindher,perhaps,atthebottomofyourmemory.Verywell!thisdaughterwhomyoukilled,hasjustlefthercoffin,andhewhoresuscitatedheristhemanbeforeyou.Thenmoreexcitedlystill:Oh,howIlovehim,thisdivineman!andinlovinghim,obedientdaughterthatIam,whathaveIdonebutexecuteyourwill?forwasitnotyouyourselfwhoonedaythrewmeathisfeet?Ihaveremainedthere.Atthesewords,exhaustedbytheexcessofheremotion,herstrenhdesertedher.Sheutteredacry,closedhereyes,andsankdown.Gilbert,however,hadalreadysprangtowardsher;heraisedherinhisarmsandlaidherinanimateforminanarmchair;thenplacinghimselfbeforeher,madearampartofhisbody.WhenheturnedhiseyesupontheCountagain,hecouldnotrepressashudder,forhefanciedhesawthesomnambulist.ThefeaturesofKostiaPetrovitchweredistorted,hiseyesbloodshot,andhisfixedandburningpupilsseemedalmoststartingfromtheirsockets.Hebentdownslowlyandpickeduptheknife,afterwhichheremainedsometimemotionlesswithoutgivinganysignsoflifeexceptbypassinghistongueseveraltimesoverhislips,asiftoassuagethethirstforbloodwhichconsumedhim.Atlastheadvanced,hisheaderect,hisarmholdingtheknifesuspendedintheair,readytostrike.Ashedrewnear,Gilbertrecoveredallhiscomposure,andinaclear,strongvoice,criedout:
CountLeminof,controlyourself,oryouwillloseyourreason.Andasthefrightfulphantomstilladvanced,hequicklyuncoveredhisbreast,andexclaimedinastillloudervoice:
CountKostia,strike,hereismyheart,butyourblowswillnotreachme,--thespecterofMorlofisbetweenus.AtthesewordstheCountutteredacrylikeafallowdeer,followedbyalongandplaintivesigh.Aterribleinternalstrugglefollowed;hisbrowcontracted;theconvulsivemovementswhichagitatedhisbody,andtheflakesoffoamwhichstooduponhislips,testifiedtotheviolenceoftheefforthewasmaking.
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