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And Princess Elizabeth ran to the toilet-table to exalass

"Yes, indeed," she cried, with a sort of terror, "it is as I feared My

eyes are quite dull Lestocq, you ive htness"

Thus speaking, Elizabeth looked constantly in the glass, full of care

and anxiety about her eyes

"I shall appear less beautiful to him to-day," she murmured; "he will,

in thought, compare me with Eleonore Lapuschkin, and find her handsomer

than I Lestocq, Lestocq!" she then called aloud, i

with her little foot, "I tell you that you must immediately prescribe a

remedy that will restore the brilliancy of my eyes"

"Princess," said Lestocq, with soleet your incomparable beauty and the unequalled brilliancy of your

eyes Be not only a wohter Princess, the question here is not only of the dier hich you are

threatened Be racious, and relate to me the exact words

of your yesterday's conversation with the regent"

The princess looked up from her ot," she carelessly said, "you are not merely my physician,

but also a revolutionist, and that is of reater importance to

you"

"The question is of your head, princess, and as a true physician I would

help you to preserve it Therefore, dearest princess, I beseech you,

repeat to ent"