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"I do not doubt it," I said

"You must take the oath You must take it You shall repudiate that

other one to the czar"

"It cannot be, Zara"

"It must be! It shall be!"

"No," I said; and there was such calm finality, such forcible emphasis

in the monosyllable I used, that she drew still farther away frorow colder in its

expression, although I did not believe that it was caused by any change

in her attitude toward e you froiven your word to a

tyrant, rereat love you

have for me, remain true to him who is my enemy?"

"I must; for your sake as well as for hed, and it was not a pleasant laugh to hear,

especially at thatas it did upon all the

tenderness that had passed between us "For my sake! Why Dubravnik, it

is for my sake that I ask you to take the oath"

"Zara," I said, choosing arden, where the colored lights were glowing, I heard

you utter words which I can never forget, and which I have thought upon