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She made no reply She re for him to continue

"You need not deny me, Zara, for I know," he went on presently "How

the knowledge came to me does not matter, and has no connection with

this interview But I know That knowledge has created the duty which I

have come to you to-day to perform I want you to abandon your present

pursuits Whatever the purpose of your visit to Ao it I do not seek any confession, or even a

statement from you, upon this subject Indeed I should prefer that you

to me in

silence, so that when I leave you presently, you will know and I will

know, that I will have no lements with those people, than I possessed before I came I

would have it that way I would have it no other way"

She nodded her head, gazing at hieless expression of i

to the discussion of a third party as not known to her save by

name

"Zara," he continued, "you will receive other cards than mine to-day,

and you should know that every man or woman ill call upon you in

behalf of the nihilists, is e in the

business that brought you here, and afterward return to Russia in

safety The secret police of our empire extends all over the world, and