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I WAS awakened early the following morning by Zénaïde, who brought me a summons from Mentchikof, -- a few lines in French, asking me to come to his house at my earliest convenience. I read the note with a smile.
"This also is the outcome of Mademoiselle Catherine's letter," I remarked. "May the saints teach women to keep their pens from paper."