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Rh quit the chapel, while Smoloff exelaimed—“Elizabeth! have I offended you? Ah! I call God to witness, that though my heart beats with love towards you, it feels also the most profound respect. How then have I offended you?"—You have not," replied she mildly; "but I came here to speak to you only on behalf of my parents-now that you have listened to me, I have nothing more to say, and am going to them." He then promised to confide to her the following Sunday at the church at Saimka, all the information and documents which she would require for the execution of her plan, and they parted.

When Sunday came, Elizabeth and her mother went to Saimka, but Smoloff was not there: an old woman informed them he was gone to Tobolsk, at which Elizabeth changed colour, feeling much disappointed. Two months elapsed without seeing Smoloff at Saimka, and Elizabeth concluded he had forgotten her. One morning when Springer and his daughter were in the garden, the young Tartar ran towards them, crying out—“M. de Smoloff is here,"-"Oh, my father," said Elizabeth, "thy happy, happy daughter will break thy chains-God has called me to the undertaking, and sent Smoloff to clear the path for me!" On entering the room they were surprised to see a man about 50 years of age, in uniform, and attended by officers. This was the governor of Tobolsk, who, on seeing Springer, bade his attendants withdraw. He now addressed Springer as follows:-“Sir, since the moment you were sent here by the court of Russia, this is the first time I have visited this circle: the occasion is pleasant to me, as it enables me to testify to an illustrious exile how much I sympathise with his misfortunes." Springer replied, he expected nothing from man—he did not wish for pity, nor hope for justice, but could pass his days in these deserts without complaining. The governor said, "Ah, sir, for a man like you to live so far from your country, is a dreadful destiny." "It is yet more dreadful,"