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Alexis Saberevski and I had many such conversations as that one, after

that, in which we discussed pro and con the suggestion he had rew upon h I did not think that he guessed erness

He reuest at the club,

during ether as was

possible and convenient

One afternoon while ere chatting as usual, I called his attention

to a paragraph I had seen in the Herald of thatwhich

announced the arrival in New York of a Russian princess The fact had

not interestedat the instant the idea that she was

most likely known to my friend, I said: "Saberevski, one of your countrywomen, a princess whose name escapes me

for I did not notice it particularly, arrived in the city this ,

and is at one of the hotels I ht like to pay your respects to her You will find

her na her, in

this 's Herald"

"Thank you," he said, "I will look it up"

More than a week later while I alking down Fifth avenue, a hansom