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Prince Ivan Petroffsky was a constant visitor at the Hotel Mars, and I began to take a certain interest in hiled with pity, for it was evident that he was hopelessly in love with my beautiful friend Zara She received him alith courtesy and kindness; but her behaviour to hinity, which, like a barrier of ice, repelled the warmth of his ad what he had said tohim and his devotion; but she so instantly and decisively turned the conversation that I saw I should displease her if I persisted in it Heliobas appeared to be really attached to the Prince, at which I secretly wondered; the worldly and frivolous young nobleman was of so entirely different a tehtful and studious Chaldean philosopher

Yet there was evidently some mysterious attraction between them--the Prince appeared to be profoundly interested in electric theories and experi them to so attentive a listener The wonderful capabilities of the dog Leo also were brought into constant requisition for Prince Ivan's benefit, and without doubt they were most remarkable This animal, commanded--or, I should say, brain- electrified--by Heliobas, would fetch anything that was naht enough for hio into the conservatory and pluck off with his teeth any rare or common floithin his reach that was described to him by the saood-natured intelligent Newfoundland; but under the authority of Heliobas, he became more than huht in a golden harvest to any great circus orsource of wonder and interest to me, and even more so to the Prince, who made him the subject of many an abstruse and difficult discussion with his friend Casiret the frequent companionship of Ivan Petroffsky and her brother, and a shade of sorrow or vexation often crossed her fair face when she saw the a strange circumstance occurred which startled and deeply impressed me Prince Ivan had dined with us; he was in extraordinarily high spirits--his gaiety was allanced at hihter became unusually uproarious, and I saw that Heliobas watched hiht there was so amiss