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A slight rustle h the suite of rooe, singular, ical It was a never-before-seen

forht halo, enveloped in rich,

glittering gare, unknown face, but of a sublime, heroic beauty, proud and noble,

bold and mild

"That is he!" she breathlessly and sadly murmured--"yes, that is he!

That is a lance!"

He still continued to approach, and with every forward step he made

she felt her heart contract with anxiety, admiration, and a feverish

sadness

Now he stood on the threshold of the boudoir--his glance fell upon her

And she? She lay, or rather half knelt upon the divan, motionless, pale

as a marble statue, with that divine s was she to behold, white and delicate as a lily, so hu!

But Count Orloff felt neither sympathy nor coel, an ad, and at the same time very reverential and submissive,

he approached and sank upon his knee before the divan upon which she