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MATTERS were now growing daily more desperate in Russia. Suspense, unrest, and suspicion were rife everywhere, while the deluded people were kept quiet by promises of a great offensive in the near future.
The Minister Protopopoff, wearing his gorgeous uniform, his breast covered with decorations -- the man whom Great Britain regarded as so extremely friendly -- had just paid a visit to the British Embassy, and on his way home called upon Rasputin.