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"The police made a domiciliary visit only to be greeted by Purishkevitch himself. Think of it!" "Then the fellow is not dead!" I gasped in amazement. "No. He is still alive. His valet Protzenko died an hour ago. That fool of a girl has blundered!" As he uttered these words the door opened and the Empress appeared, looking pale and desperate.
Afterwards, before she left us, she told us that she knew that the Deputy had a young man-servant named Protzenko, and it would be her object to first attract his attention and become on intimate terms with him, by which means she would be enabled to visit the servants' quarters of Purishkevitch's house. "Excellent if you do not think that you could obtain a place there as servant."
"I have been in your toils and done your dirty work, and now, because I have failed, you intend to denounce me, and so close my lips. But they will never be closed. The evidence which Purishkevitch holds is complete. I have seen it. Protzenko discovered me tampering with his master's papers, so I first assured him it was out of curiosity, and then I gave him a little of the perfume."
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