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"You have forgotten----" She began impetuously to answer, but he

unclasped one hand froesture,

and enunciated the one word: "Hush! Remember, Zara, you are not to

speak until I have finished, and then upon a different subject But I

will answer your unspoken thought, for I read it in your otten your little friend Yvonne; nor Stanislaus, her brother

Indeed, my child, this very scene reminds me of it, and renders all the

to perforirl appeal to you Let the awful end of Stanislaus be a

warning Vengeance should have no part or place in your heart, even

though you believe that they cry out to you froraves to

undertake it But they do not do that, Zara, and if either or both of

them could speak now, they would voice the sentiiven Go back to your ho, my child, and leave politics alone Alexander, the czar,

admires you and esteems you, but I who am his friend, warn you that the

admiration and estee fogs of the Gulf of Finland"

Again Princess Zara would have spoken, for her dark eyes lighted with a

sudden fire and she half started froerness that

was impetuously expressive But Saberevski retained his clasp upon her

hands, and without see to do so, restrained her where she was;

after a e the subject My duty as I saw it,