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Chapter 7

           IwishtoIinsistuponit!Letgo!”

           Heseizedaglassfromthetable,brokeawayfromtheprince,andinamomenthadreachedtheterracesteps.

           Theprincemadeafterhim,butitsohappenedthatatthismomentEvgeniePavlovitchstretchedouthishandtosaygood-night.Thenextinstanttherewasageneraloutcry,andthenfollowedafewmomentsofindescribableexcitement.

           Reachingthesteps,Hippolytehadpaused,holdingtheglassinhislefthandwhileheputhisrighthandintohiscoatpocket.

           Kellerinsistedafterwardsthathehadheldhisrighthandinhispocketallthewhile,whenhewasspeakingtotheprince,andthathehadheldthelatter’sshoulderwithhislefthandonly.Thiscircumstance,Kelleraffirmed,hadledhimtofeelsomesuspicionfromthefirst.Howeverthismaybe,KellerranafterHippolyte,buthewastoolate.

           HecaughtsightofsomethingflashinginHippolyte’srighthand,andsawthatitwasapistol.Herushedathim,butatthatveryinstantHippolyteraisedthepistoltohistempleandpulledthetrigger.Therefollowedasharpmetallicclick,butnoreport.

           WhenKellerseizedthewould-besuicide,thelatterfellforwardintohisarms,probablyactuallybelievingthathewasshot.Kellerhadholdofthepistolnow.Hippolytewasimmediatelyplacedinachair,whilethewholecompanythrongedaroundexcitedly,talkingandaskingeachotherquestions.Everyoneofthemhadheardthesnapofthetrigger,andyettheysawaliveandapparentlyunharmedmanbeforethem.

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