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 Prince Ivan and instantly sprang from the table and began to kiss his lips crying:

"This is my darling husband, Prince Ivan, and not that wicked wretch who is sitting at table!"

Then the Tsar got up from his place and began to question her as to the meaning of all this. And Helena told him all the truth in regard to what had taken place.

Tsar Vuislaf was bitterly indignant with Prince Dimitri and Prince Vasili, and sent them to jail. But Prince Ivan married the beautiful Queen Helena, and lived with her so lovingly that neither one could endure to exist a single instant without the other.