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course Paul I admire you for it
You must not go in there
mensely It is just like you to go and
do the thing quietly and say nothing
about it but oh you must go away
from here I I it is too horrible to
think of your running such risks Rath
er let them all die like flies than that
You mustnt do it You mustnt
She spoke in English hurriedly with
a little break in her voice which he did
not understand
With ordinary precautions the risk
is very small he said practically
Yes But do you take ordinary pre
cautions Are you sure you are all
right now
She stopped They were quite alone
in the one silent street of the stricken
yillace She looked UDinto his face
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jnd ddenly breathless he half frown
ing But he did not meet her eyes
Paul she said again what did
you do this for Why are you here
Oh why are you In this wretched
place
Because you sent for me he an
swered quietly Come let us go out
I have finished here That man will
die There is nothing more to be done
for him You must not stay in here
Steinmetz lingered behind to give
some last instructions leaving Paul
and Catrina to walk on down the nar
row street alone
How long have you been doing
this asked Catrina suddenly She
did not look toward him but straight
in front of her
For some years now he replied
simply
He lingered Ho was waiting for
Steinmetz who always rose to such
emergencies who understood secrets
and how to secure them when they
seemed already lost
Catrina walked on in silence She
was not looking at the matter from
his point of view at all
Of course she said at length of
Her hands were running over the
breast of the tattered coat he wore It
was lamentably obvious even to him
that she loved him In her anxiety she
either did not know what she was do
ing or she did not care whether he
knew or not
Are you sure are you sure you have
not taken it she whispered
He walked on almost roughly
Oh yes quite he said
I will not allow you to go Into any
more houses In Thors I cannot I will
not Oh Paul you dont know If you
do I will tell them all who you are and
and the government will stop you
What would be the good of that
said Paul awkwardly
Of course Catrina went on with a
sudden anger which surprised herself
I cannot stop you from doing this at
Osterno though I think it is wicked
but I can prevent you from doing it
here and I certainly shall
Paul shrugged his shoulders
As you like he said I thought
you cared more about the peasants
I do not care a jot about the peas
ants she answered passionately as
compared It is you I am thinking
about not them I think you are self
ish and cruel to your friends
I did it after mature consideration
said Paul I tried paying another
man but he shirked his work and
showed the white feather so Stein
metz and I concluded that there was
nothing to be done but do our dirty
work ourselves
And that is why you have been so
fond of Osterno the last two years
she asked innocently
Yes he answered falling into the
trap
Catrina winced One does not wince
the less because the pain is expected
Only that she inquired
Paul glanced at her
Yes he answered quietly
They walked on in silence for a few
moments Paul seemed tacitly to have
given up the idea of visiting any more
of the stricken cottages They were
going toward the long old house which
was called the castle more by courtesy
than by right
How long are you going to stay in
Osterno asked Catrina at length
About a fortnight I cannot stay
longer I am going to be married
Catrina stopped short She stood for
a moment looking at the ground with
a sort of wonder in her eyes not pleas
ant to see Then she walked on
I congratulate you she said I
only hope she will make you happy
She is beautiful I suppose
Yes answered Paul simply
The girl nodded her head
What is her name
Etta Sydney Bamborough
Catrina had evidently never heard
the name before It conveyed nothing
to her Womanlike she went back to
her first question
What Is she like
Paul hesitated
Tall I suppose suggested the
stunted woman at his side
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And graceful
Yes
Has she pretty
hair asked Ca-
triua
I think so yes
You are not observant said the
girl in a singularly even and emotion
less voice Perhaps voii never no
ticed -
Not particularly answered Paul
Catrina was unaware of the thought
of murder that was in her own heart
Nevertheless the desire indefinite
shapeless was there to kill this wo
man who was tall and beautiful
whom Paul Alexis loved
It must be remembered in extenu
ation that Catrina Lanovitch had lived
nearly all her life in the province of
Tver She was not modem at all De
prived of the advantages of our en
lightened society press without the
benefit of our decadent fictional litera
ture she had lamentably narrow views
of life
She only knew that she loved Paul
and that what she wanted was Pauls
love to go with her all through her
life She was not self analytical nor
subtle nor given to thinking about her
own thoughts Perhaps she was old
fashioned enough to be romantic
Catrina hated Etta Sydney Bambor
ough with a simple half barbaric ha
tred because she had gained the love
of Paul Alexis Etta had taken away
from her the only man whom Catrina
could ever love all through her life The
girl was simple enough unsophisticat
ed enough never to dream of com
promise She never for a moment en
tertained the cheap consolatory
thought that in time she would get
over it she would marry somebody
else and make that compromise which
is responsible for more misery in this
world than ever is vice
Where does she live asked Ca
trina
In London
I wonder said Catrina half to her
self whether she loves you
It was a question but not one that
a man can answer Paul said nothing
but walked gravely on by the side of
this woman who knew that even if
Etta Sydney Bamborough should try
she could never love him as she her
self did
When Karl Steinmetz joined them
they were silent
I suppose he said in English that
we may rely upon the discretion of the
Fraulein Catrina
les answered the girl You may
so far as Osterno is concerned But I
would rather that you did not visit
our people here It is too dangerous
In several ways
Ah murmured Steinmetz Then
we must bow to your decision he
went on turning toward the tali man
striding along at his side
Yes said Paul simply
Will you come to the castle asked
the girl And Steinmetz by a gesture
deferred the decision to Paul
I think not tonight thanks said
the latter We will take you as far
as the gate
Catrina made no comment When
the tall gateway was reached she stop
ped and they all became aware of the
sound of horses feet behind them
What is this asked Catrina
Only the starosta bringing
horses replied Steinmetz lie
discovered nothing
Catrina nodded and held out
T
our
has
her
hand
Good night she said rather coldly
Your secret is safe with me
CHAPTER XII
HE Palace of Industry where
with a fine sense of the fitness
of the name the Parisians
amuse themselves was in a
blaze of electric light and fashion The
occasion was the Concours Hippique
an ultra eqliine fete where the lovers
of the friend of man and such persons
as are fitted by an ungenerous fate
with limbs suitable to horsy clothes
meet and bow
A crowd of well dressed men jostled
each other good naturedly around a
long table where insolent waiters
served tepid coffee and sandwiches
In the midst of these as in his ele
ment moved the Baron Claude de
Chauxvllle smiling his courteous
ready smile which his enemies called
a grin Not far from him stood a stout
gentleman of middle age with a heavy
fair mustache brushed upward on ei
ther side This man had an air of dis
tinction which was notable even in
this assembly for there were many
distinguished people present and a
Frenchman of note plays his part well
He stood with his hands behind his
back looking gravely on at the social
festivity He bowed and raised his hat
to many but he entered into conversa
tion with none
This VassIIi is a dangerous man
he heard more than once whispered
Now if a very keen observer had
taken the trouble to ignore the throng
and watch two persons only that ob
server might have discovered the fact
that Claude de Chauxvllle was slowly
and purposely making his way toward
the man called VassIIi
De Chauxville knew and was known
of many He had but recently arrived
from London He found himself called
upon to shake hands with this one and
that He went from one to the other
and each change of position brought
him nearer to the middle aged man
with upturned mustache upon whom
his movements were by no means lost
Finally De Chauxville bumped
against the object of his quest possi
bly indeed the object of his presence
He turned with a ready apology
Ah he exclaimed the very man I
was desiring to see
The individual known as this Yas
Bill a term of mingled contempt and
distrust bowed very low He was a
plain commoner while his interlocutor
was a baron The knowledge of this
was subtry conveyed In his bow
How can I serve M le Baron he
Inquired In a voice which was natural
ly loud and strong but had been re
duced by careful training to a tone In
audible at the distance of a few paces
By following me to the Cafe Tan
tale In ten minutes answered Do
Chauxvllle passing on to greet a lady
who was bowing to him with the la
bored grace of a Parislenne
Vassili merely bowed and stood up
right again There was something in
his attitude of quiet attention of un
obtrusive scrutiny and retiring Intelli
gence vaguely suggestive of the police
something which his friends refrain
ed from mentioning to hliu for this
VassIIi was a dignified mail of like
susceptibilities with ourselves and just
ly proud of the fact that he belonged
to the diplomatic corps What posi
tion he occupied in that select corpora
tion he never vouchsafed to dollne
but It was known that he enjoyed con
siderable emoluments while he was
never called upon to represent his coun
try or his emperor in any official ca
pacity He was attached he said to
the Russian embassy Ills enemies
called him a spy
In ten minutes Claude de Chauxvllle
left the Concours Hippique
At the Cafe Tantale not In the gar
den for It was winter but In the in
ner room he found the man called
VassIIi consuming a pensive and soli
tary glass of liqueur
De Chauxville sat down stated his
requirements to the waiter in a single
word and offered his companion a cig
arette which VassIIi accepted with the
consciousness that It came from a cor
oneted case
I am rather thinking of visiting
Russia said the Frenchman
Again added Vassili in his quiet
voice And M le Baron wants a pass
port
And more answered De Chaux
vllle I want what you hate parting
with Information
The man called Vassili leaned back
in his chair with a little smile It was
an odd little smile which fell over his
features like a mask and completely
hid his thoughts It was apparent that
Claude de Chauxvilles tricks of speech
and manner fell here on barren ground
The Frenchmans epigrams his meth
od of conveying his meaning in a non
committing and Impersonal generality
failed to impress this hearer
Then said Vassili if I under
stand M le Baron aright it Is a ques
tion of private and personal affairs
that suggests this journey to Rus
bla
Precisely
In no sense a mission suggested
the other sipping his liqueur thought
fully
In no sense a mission I give you a
proof I have been granted six months
leave of absence as you probably
know
Precisely so When a military offi
cer is granted a six months leave it is
exactly then that we watch him And
you want a passport
Yes a special one
I will see what I can do
Thank you
Vassili emptied his glass drew in his
feet and glanced at the clock
But that Is not all I want said De
Chauxville
So I perceive
I want you to tell me what you
know of Prince Pavlo Alexis
Prince Pavlo Alexis said Vassili
is a young man who takes a full and
daring advantage of his peculiar posi
tion lie defies many laws In a quiet
persistent way which impresses the
smaller authorities and to a certain
extent paralyzes them He was In the
Charity league deeply implicated He
had a narrow escape He was pulled
through by the cleverest man in Rus
sia
Karl Steinmetz
Yes answered Vassili behind the
rigid smile Karl Steinmetz
Prince Paul is about to marry the
widow of Sydney Bamborough
Sydney Bamborough repeated Vas
sili musingly with a perfect expres
sion of innocence on his well cut face
I have heard that name before
O-
CHAPTER XIII
the English quay of St Pe
tersburg a tall narrow house
stands looking glumly across
the river It Is a suspected
house and watched for here dwelt
Stepan Lanovitch secretary and or
ganizer of the Charity league
The Countess Lanovitch belonged to
the school existing In Petersburg and
Moscow in the early years of the cen
turythe school that did not speak
Russian but only French that chose
to class the peasants with the beasts
of the field that apparently expected
the deluge to follow soon
Her drawing room looking out on to
the Neva was characteristic of herself
Camellias held the floral honors in vase
and pot The French novel ruled su
preme on the side table The room was
too hot the chairs were too soft the
moral atmosphere too lax One could
tell that this was the dwelling room of
a lazy self indulgent and probably ig
norant woman
The countess herself in nowise con
tradicted this conclusion She was
seated on a very low chair exposing
a slippered foot to the flame of a wood
fire She held a magazine in her hand
and yawned as she turned its pages
She was not so stout in person as her
loose and somewhat highly colored
cheeks would imply Her eyes were
dull and sleepy The woman was an
incarnate yawn
She looked up turning lazily In her
chair to note the darkening of the air
without the double windows
Ah she said aloud to herself in
French when will it be tea time
As she spoke the words the bells of
a sleigh suddenly stopped with a rattle
beneath the window
Immediately the countess rose and
went to the mirror over the mantel
piece She arranged without enthu
siasm her straggling1 hair and put
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