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Zara did as I requested She seated herself upon the divan, and I sat

beside her, with ainst an, as if there had been

no hiatus, the continuation of that story which was to thrillelse of the kind had ever done

Youfor my life, as she believed,

in the relation of this bit of history which I was soon to learn had

touched her so closely She believed thatwith the nihilists, in consenting to take their

oath, and to becoone back again to that hour, and lived it over in thought,

wondering how I could still resist her when I listened to the passion

of her utterances, and to a recital of the terrible wrongs that had

been visited upon those whom Zara loved, in the name of the czar

As before, she told the story as if I had been the participant in it;

as if the young woman whose history it touchedof it, I purposely render it as concise as possible,

but I a to it the drahtened and added to by her war you as the brother of

this poor girl, Dubravnik You, and your sister Yvonne, orphaned in

your youth, occupied together the great palace of your father's, and

aited upon by an army of servants, many of whom had been in the

e your acquaintances there is another officer, one who is as great

a favorite at court; and within the palace of the eood family, handsome, accomplished, and rich Nevertheless,

you dislike him, principally because he is in love with your sister and