Her Royal Lover: A Novel — page 129: what you’re looking at

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HER ROYAL LOVER. 121 at “~& CHAPTER XV. REPULSED. The interment of the assassinated Kassan, at- tracted a considerable crowd to the palace of the embassy. On seeing the sad convoy depart, Min- eleko was haunted by the thought that this bit of paper which he had in his possession might per- haps set justice upon the track of the criminal, while he, in spite of his search for vengeance, was obliged to spare him who had probably been a nocturnal lover of his wife, in order to save her. But, let us anticipate a little in order to put an end to this lugubrious incident. The investigation was still pursued during the several weeks, and although one or two useless arrests of people who, for want of evidence had been immediately released again, had been made, they were obliged in the end to abandon the affair. The whole budget of papers was filed in the registry office. With a weary sigh, the magistrate was | obliged to conclude that here again was one of those crimes which justice would never unravel. The clerk inscribed the number and disposition upon the cover of the said budget, and the journals speaking no longer of it, the affair gradually fell into oblivion. Now, let us return to the day in which Najeska was to meet the king. In Thessaly, this year, the spring was far adyanced and admirable. Each day arose more bequtiful and sunny than its predecessor. Najeska Ivanowna, far from suspecting that Heilig- enthal had syeprised the request of the king fora Eomichbooks.com