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Arthur W. Marchmont. When I Was Czar
When I Was Czar
Table of Contents
Chapter I—A LETTER HOME
Chapter II—PRINCE KALKOV’S PROPOSITION
Chapter III—THE EMPEROR STARTS
Chapter IV—WHEN I WAS CZAR
Chapter V—A CZAR DEFIED
Chapter VI—HIS MAJESTY A PRISONER
Chapter VII—“I AM NOT THE CZAR”
Chapter VIII—DEEPER IN
Chapter IX—HELGA SPEAKS
Chapter X—VASTIC
Chapter XI—CONVICTION AT LAST
Chapter XII—HELGA’S ANGER
Chapter XIII—THE ATTACK
Chapter XIV—CONCERNING THE VALUE OF HOSTAGES
Chapter XV—THE DANGERS THICKEN
Chapter XVI—HELGA’S DEFEAT
Chapter XVII—AT THE GATES OF THE PALACE
Chapter XVIII—PRINCE KALKOV’S WELCOME
Chapter XIX—TURNING THE SCREW
Chapter XX—A DEATH TRAP
Chapter XXI—AT THE SQUARE OF SAN SOPHIA
Chapter XXII—FLIGHT
Chapter XXIII—AT THE FRONTIER
Chapter XXIV—THE FRESH CAMPAIGN
Chapter XXV—THE LUCK WAVERS
Chapter XXVI—I WIN
Chapter XXVII—A LAST MOVE
Chapter XXVIII—LOVE WILL HAVE ITS WAY
Chapter XXIX—A LAST PRECAUTION
Chapter XXX—THE PRINCE OUTWITTED
Chapter XXXI—AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Chapter XXXII—THE END
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Arthur W. Marchmont
Published by Good Press, 2021
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I could never resist the feeling that they had some subtle undercurrent motive which made for duplicity; and I could not now shake myself free from the belief in regard to Prince Kalkov.
I had no tangible reason for it. He stood high in the confidence of the Czar; he had gone out of his way to make himself agreeable to me; he had treated me apparently with signal frankness; and had admitted the possible risks and complications of the very tangled business.
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