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expectation

The letter fell from the count's hands, and a deadly paleness spread

over his face, which bore the expression of utter despair

"Oh, hed

"Your presentiment is then fulfilled!" anxiously asked Cecil

"Yes, it is fulfilled! My property is sequestrated; they refuse to send

me the money I required; they coe has expired and my respite is at an end!"

"And you are lost, my lord, if you do not obey this command!" said

Cecil

"And Natalie?" reproachfully asked the count "Can I, dare I leave her?"

"She is much safer without than with you! They may not yet suspect who

she is! It is very possible that it in reality only is because your

leave of absence has expired, as the laws of Russia require that every

absentee should return to his country once in every four years Fulfil,

therefore, this hard duty Pretend to suppose that your recall is for

no other reason than the renewal of your passport, and the giving you

an opportunity to pay your hoe to the eo well!"