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"So now I hope you will again be happy and cheerful," said she, throwing

away the pen, and with a tender glance at Razumovsky "Coay and take our

pleasure"

And while Elizabeth was jesting and laughing with Alexis, Lestocq,

taking the newly-signed order, hurried away to dispatch his courier

At length they had reached the borders of this feared, pernicious

Russian eer to fear

at the slightest sound Only a short quarter of an hour and the boundary

will be passed and liberty secured!

They had made a halt at a small public house near the boundary The

horses were to be changed there, and there the soldiers of the escort

were to get their last taste of Russian brandy before crossing the

border

Anna and her husband have ree She holds her son in

her ar maternal joy:

for he is now saved, this poor little eer to

fear that her son will be torn fros to her;

she can rejoice in his childish beauty, in the happy consciousness of

safety