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"Farewell!" was echoed as a low spirit-breath fro, Anna pressed her child to her bosolance at her husband, as sitting by her

"Be calm, tranquillize yourself--it will all be well," said the latter,

with a sayly resounded the

tones of the silver bells; with a light whizzing, away flew the sledge

over the snow It bore thence a dethroned emperor and his overthrown

fah the streets, but,

following it, was a troop of ar soldiers, like

unwholeso their certain booty

At about the sah the streets

of St Petersburg With draords they surrounded two closely-covered

sledges, the mysterious occupants of which no one was allowed to descry!

The train h which the overthrown

imperial faes

in close ranks; no one was allowed a glihted from

them

But these extra precautions of the soldiery were unnecessary, as nobody

wished to see the unfortunate objects Every one ti at the poor creatures, bring the under the displeasure of the

governh they looked not at theh they dared not speak to each other, every one treo Munnich and Ostermann to their trials!"