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Even as he spoke the room was flooded with the light of the electric lamps. The woman by the window turned and came forward smiling. With a feeling of bitter disappointment Giles recoiled. It was not Anne. He had been deceived by a chance resemblance.
"I can quite understand your mistake," said the Princess Karacsay. "It is not the first time that I have been taken for my friend."