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I have said that there were not half a dozen confessed nihilists

re, but there were hundreds, ay,

thousands of nihilistic sympathizers, and there were hundreds of others

who had become allied to the nihilists in some extrinsic ere

in sympathy with the order, even if only passively so If one orthe assistance would surely be upon the

side of my enemy, and certain defeat and death would be my portion If

a mere citizen were to interfere, the captain who still wore his

uniform, would secure the proffered aid, not I He would be believed,

not I, and hence I understood that whatever advantage there ht be in

the way of interference, was on his side Appreciating these facts, I

exerted th to the utmost to turn the tide of battle inas I, though

not ain into the mere effort to hold

hi him out before

assistance should coh an hour passed thus; in reality, itunder such circue one

"With who, Captain Durnief?" I heard a voice say

"Zara!" I exclaimed, before Durnief could reply

"With an assassin who has shot our horses, murdered the yemschik, and

ould assassinate you, princess," panted Durnief

"Zara!" I called to her again "It is I--Dubravnik"