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Petersburg, while Paul went into the diplomacy. Madame Patoff must have spent much of her time with Alexander until he died, and Cutter says he was always the favorite son. I dare say that Paul has a bad temper, and he may have been extravagant. At all events, she loved Alexander devotedly, and it was his death that first affected her mind." John had grown more calm during this long conversation.
In due time we reached the hotel. Paul was standing in the doorway, and came forward to help the ladies as they descended from the carriage, greeting them one by one. When his mother got out, he respectfully kissed her hand. To the surprise of most of us, Madame Patoff threw her arms round his neck, and embraced him with considerable emotion. "Dear, dear Paul, my dear son!" she cried.
What could she do but let her tears flow down as freely as they could? Late at night I sat in my room, reading by the light of the candles, and watching the fire as it gradually died away in the grate. It was very late, and I was beginning to think of going to bed, when some one knocked at the door. It was Paul Patoff.
Perhaps nothing but the fear of death could have made him confess, after all, and Balsamides had a way of making death seem very real and near. "I will tell you this, Selim," said Gregorios. "If you will give me Alexander Patoff Effendi to-night, alive, well, and uninjured in any way, you shall go free, and I will engage that you shall not be hurt. You evidently wished to keep the Khanum's secret.
The man was very pale, and stammered his replies, but the extraordinary accuracy with which he recounted the details already given by Patoff did not escape the diplomatist. "Have you anything more to tell?" asked the ambassador, at last. "It was not my fault, Effendim," said the kaváss, in great agitation.
It was very disagreeable to me to admit it, but I soon saw that there was no doubt that Alexander was falling in love with his cousin. I saw, too, what others who knew them less well did not see: Madame Patoff exercised all her ingenuity in giving her favorite son opportunities of seeing Hermione alone.
The Czar would not think of acting against the established law, even though in theory he might." "The Turks must have laws, too," objected Madame Patoff. "I don't know," said Chrysophrasia. "I already feel a delicious sensation, as though I might be strangled with a bow-string at any moment and dropped into the Bosphorus." John Carvel looked very grave.
The learned doctor smiled. "You have made a very good guess, Mr. Griggs," he said. "Paul Patoff is a silly fellow enough, or he would not have spoken so plainly. Why do you tell me that you have found me out?" "Because I imagine that you are still interested in the lady, and that you had better be informed of everything connected with the case."
I shall never forget the impression made upon me when I saw Madame Patoff.
You must never think of it again. You must promise me never to think of it." "I will not promise that," answered the young girl, summoning all her courage. "It is not true that he killed his brother. You never believed it, nobody ever believed it!" "It is true true truer than anything else can be!" exclaimed Madame Patoff, lowering her voice to a strong, clear whisper. "No," said Hermione.
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