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friends" and I had no doubt to whom he referred; neither had I any

doubt at theso confidentially with the

princess, was one of the "roup of persons who to

know

It ith a distinct shock, however, that I realized by virtue of the

intimate manner of the man, that Zara de Echeveria must also be

implicated with the nihilists, since he dared to speak to her so

openly, so masterfully, and with such confident reliance upon the

manner in which his communication would be received Her reply

convinced me sufficiently, had I required added conviction at that

moment

"I do not know," she said "Say that I will send word to them in the

usual way, and at the earliest opportunity Say that I was entirely

successful; that everything in Paris and Berlin is in the --absolutely nothing, you

understand--e and permission"