Her Royal Lover: A Novel — page 208: what you’re looking at

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200 | | HER ROYAL LOVER. snatched from the princess proved nothing, abso- lutely nothing. He had asked when would she finish by granting him an interview. Was it proved that this interview had ever taken place? Nothing abso- lutely indicated it. With the rapidity of lightning all this history came like a fulminating bomb, to explode in Thes- saly. Waldemar attempted at first to deny it, but that was impossible; Bolski had taken every precaution in order that Mineleko’s vengeance might be com- plete. With the perseverance of a fanatic con- vinced of his cause, Dimitri Feodorowitch had suc- ceeded in discovering the servant by whom Walde- * mar had-sent the letter; the evidence of this girl was overwhelming. Waldemar’s disgrace was ter- rible; none of his friends or comrades of the preced- ing day would give him their hand any more. Walpurga was disheartened by the blow which crushed her brother; however, she did not lose her title of lady of honor. She was sincerely pitied, and the lucky and affectionate protection accorded her by the royal princesses, much grieved at the misfor- tune which had fallen upon her, averted from her head the shame and anathema which weighed upon Waldemar; but as to the assassination of Kassan, the idea that he had been the author of it appeared so absurd and so impossible, he being able with much facility to prove an alibi on the night of the murder, that this accusation was not credited for a moment. In order to demonstrate that Walpurga was more highly respected than ever at court, the » betrothed princess had herself constantly accom- panied the young countess. Walpurga loved her brother tenderly ; her cGomichooks:com