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I WAS resting after my night of continued effort and anxiety when there was another interruption. Pierrot came to me with a troubled face, and announced the arrival of a messenger from the czar.
"He will take no gainsaying, monsieur," he said; "I made a hundred excuses, but he must see your Excellency at once."