February 10, 2011
…but in the  next, while he yet gazed, he grew tremulous and very pallid, and aghast,  and crying with a loud voice, ‘This is indeed Life itself!’ turned  suddenly to regard his beloved. She was dead!

…but in the next, while he yet gazed, he grew tremulous and very pallid, and aghast, and crying with a loud voice, ‘This is indeed Life itself!’ turned suddenly to regard his beloved. She was dead!

February 10, 2011
“And when  many weeks had passed, and but little remained to do, save one brush  upon the mouth and one tint upon the eye, the spirit of the lady again  flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp. And then the  brush was given, and then the tint was placed; and, for one moment, the  painter stood entranced before the work which he had wrought…”

“And when many weeks had passed, and but little remained to do, save one brush upon the mouth and one tint upon the eye, the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp. And then the brush was given, and then the tint was placed; and, for one moment, the painter stood entranced before the work which he had wrought…”