_Facing page_ MARIE NICOLAEVNA TARNOWSKA _Frontispiece_ A PAGE FROM MARIE TARNOWSKA'S NOTE-BOOK 6 COUNT O'ROURKE 20 COUNT PAUL KAMAROWSKY 180 I STEPPED OUT UPON THE BALCONY 194 UNDER ARREST 268 IN THE PRISON CELL 292 THE PENITENTIARY AT TRANI 300