The Scorn of a Woman The Murder of a Soul The Moment of Vengeance Love, Honor and Obey The Power of the Fraternity Prince Michael's Anger In Defiance of the Czar One Eventful Night The Combat in the Snow What the Czar Forgot Saberevski's Prophecy PRINCESS ZARA CHAPTER I A LADY OF QUALITY The steamship Trave of the North German Lloyd docked at its Hoboken pier at eight o'clock one morning in December. Among the passengers who presently departed from the vessel was a woman who attracted unusual attention for the reason that she was accompanied by a considerable suite of retainers and servants who were for a time as busy as flies around a honey pot, caring for their mistress' baggage, and otherwise attending to the details of her arrival. Nor was it alone for this reason that all eyes were from time to time turned in her direction. There was about her a certain air of distinction, wealth, power and repose,
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