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HER ROYAL LOVER. 143 science of Najeska Ivanowna so disturbed, that the words expired in her throat. “Ah! you hesitate, madam? Know you well that it is only criminals who dare not respond! Ah! well, I will spare you the trouble of speaking, and I will tell you myself from whence you come. You come from an assignation with the king, an assigna- tion which has taken place, with closed doors, in the pavilion of the Parc-aux-Cerfs.” During the furious ride which he had just taken, the anger of Mineleko had kept augmenting. Each phrase of that vile and servile anonymous letter, was humming unceasingly in his ears; he was so desperate with fury that he did not even see in the apparently deserted road, the little groom of Najeska Ivanowna, who had stopped respectfully at fifty paces from his mistress. So the ambassadress, paralyzed by terror, did not answer. “Will you deny it?’ demanded the prince, in a terrible voice, excited by hate. 6é No!” A strident laugh escaped from the lips of Min- eleko. “« And you accuse me of making jealous scenes on account of chimeras! You must be past mistress in this sort of shameless life, to which you appear to me to be accustomed, Madame le Ambassadrice! Have you fallen low enough? After having re- ceived the king in your apartment, in my house, at night; after having been his accomplice, perhaps, in an assassination, you consent to come here vo a love appointment! It is no longer he already who discommodes himself! Do you run enough after this insipid beauty? Where, then, do you expect to Eomicbooks.com