The scene again changed. Ib was night, the man was in bed, in the same chamber.
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The man tossed his arms restlessly about, and seemed awake, bub striving to sleep. As he macTe movements, the cloud figure, that now and then strove to attach itself to his breast, would rise out of hia reach, precisely as a flock of vultures would do, if frightened away from their meal. The redness of the chest had increased to a dark spot. Underneath the skin, the flesh was eaten away ; a terrible sore was ex posed ; yet the man's attention did not) seem to be directed toward ib. Finally he fell asleep ; the vampire then settled on him to stay.
Again the scene changed ; this time, the first of the series presented itself. The patient was confined to his bed ; the at tandanb watching to give aid whenever possible. The man's cheat was now at tacked at several points, the inroads of the cloud-figures being very great ; a cancer of the most malignant type had fixed itself.
There was a startling feature made mani fest in this scene ; as the cloud-figure ate its way into the man's body, emanations were bodily torn from the man. That is, the devoured parts torn away took the form of the man entire, in a faint bufc posi tive manner.
The vampire ate these emanations. A change had now taken place in its appear ance. When first seen attacking the man as he sab facing the grate fire, ib had an emaciated or starved look ; now, however, it seemed to have recovered from its period of starvation, and was strong and.vigour ous.
