United States or United States Minor Outlying Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !


Her eyes rested on the many stars and medals on his breast, and on his hands, quietly clasped in death. Then suddenly, and quite mechanically, Olga Vseslavovna's cry, as she returned to consciousness, came back into her mind: "The will! In his hands! Take it!" And bending down, she noted for the first time something white beneath the muslin canopy.

Perhaps he would never have determined on such decisive measures had not something wholly unexpected taken place. Borisoff was quite mistaken in thinking that he had so carefully destroyed all the letters which the general's young wife had written to him, before his marriage to Anna, that no material evidence of Olga Vseslavovna's early design of treachery remained.

Perhaps he would never have determined on such decisive measures had not something wholly unexpected taken place. Borisoff was quite mistaken in thinking that he had so carefully destroyed all the letters which the general's young wife had written to him, before his marriage to Anna, that no material evidence of Olga Vseslavovna's early design of treachery remained.

Anna Iurievna turned to him, and then turned back again, to her father's body, to the white object shining under the muslin canopy. And once more Olga Vseslavovna's words came into her mind: "The will! In his hands! Take it!" Gently raising the canopy, she softly drew the paper from beneath the general's clasped hands, and unfolded it.

Iurievna turned to him, and then turned back again, to her father's body, to the white object shining under the muslin canopy. And once more Olga Vseslavovna's words came into her mind: "The will! In his hands! Take it!" Gently raising the canopy, she softly drew the paper from beneath the general's clasped hands, and unfolded it.

Her eyes rested on the many stars and medals on his breast, and on his hands, quietly clasped in death. Then suddenly, and quite mechanically, Olga Vseslavovna's cry, as she returned to consciousness, came back into her mind: "The will! In his hands! Take it!" And bending down, she noted for the first time something white beneath the muslin canopy.