When the man from the cook-shop under the archway and the footman
entered the room, it was pitch dark. Madame Krasinska was lying in the
middle of the floor, by the side of an overturned chair, and under a
hook in the rafter whence hung her Russian girdle. When she awoke from
her swoon, she looked slowly round the room; then rose, fastened her
collar and murmured, crossing herself, "O God, thy mercy is infinite."
The men said that she smiled.
Such is the legend of Madame Krasinska, known as Mother Antoinette Marie
among the Little Sisters of the Poor.
_Printed by_ BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO
_Edinburgh and London_
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Transcriber's note:
One page of advertising has been moved from the beginning of the text to
the end of the listings following this note.
Missing punctuation has been silently added, especially quotation marks.
Hyphenation is inconsistent.
The following additional changes have been made to the text:
Wanderwerf ==> Vanderwerf (... implored Mrs. Vanderwerf ...)
Musuem ==> Museum (... to the South Kensington Museum ...)
facon ==> facon (... c'est notre facon ...)
In the advertising following this note, the name Bacharcah was corrected
to read Bacharach.
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_Mr. William Heinemann's List._
VICTORIA:
QUEEN AND EMPRESS.
BY
JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON,
Author of "The Real Lord Byron," etc.
In Two Volumes, 8vo. With Portraits. [_In October._
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE
SECRET SERVICE.
_THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A SPY._
BY
MAJOR LE CARON.
In One Volume, 8vo. With Portraits and Facsimiles.
[_In October._
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REMINISCENCES OF
COUNT LEO NICHOLAEVITCH
TOLSTOI.
BY
C. A. BEHRS,
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY
PROFESSOR C. E. TURNER.