Chapter I: Part I: Diary of Lieutenant Konsov

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I. TEMPEST-TOSSED 1

II. MY IMPRISONMENT 6

III. IMPORTANT NEWS 13

IV. I SEE THE PRINCESS 21

V. MY INTERVIEW WITH THE PRINCESS 27

VI. THE PRINCESS ASKS ME TO ASSIST HER 33

VII. I CONVEY A LETTER 41

VIII. I DELIVER A LETTER 50

IX. WE WILL BEFRIEND HER 60

X. IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR? 66

XI. THE DEPARTURE FROM ROME 82

XII. THE PRINCESS SEEKS MY ADVICE 89

XIII. THE “MARRIAGE” 96

XIV. TREACHERY 104

XV. REMORSE 109

XVI. THE BOTTLE CAST INTO THE SEA 114