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THE KREMLIN.

On the Red Staircase

BY

M. IMLAY TAYLOR SECOND EDITION.

CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG AND COMPANY 1897

Copyright By A. C. McClurg and Co. A.D. 1896.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Rabble elect a Czar 9

II. Mademoiselle’s Glove 22

III. The Story of Cain 33

IV. The Shadows on the Wall 47

V. Zénaïde 56

VI. A Kitchen Feud 67

VII. A Czar’s Funeral 79

VIII. The Assassin 91

IX. Sophia Alexeievna 103

X. The Packet 115

XI. The Rescue 127

XII. Pravezh 140

XIII. Prince Basil Galitsyn 151

XIV. Mademoiselle Eudoxie’s Window 161

XV. The Flight 174

XVI. The Audience-Chamber 187

XVII. The Secret Staircase 199

XVIII. Feodor Sergheievitch Ramodanofsky 212

XIX. Polotsky 223

XX. A Friendly Cup 235

XXI. The Prisoner 246

XXII. Baffled 258

XXIII. Homyak 269

XXIV. The Red Staircase 285

XXV. In the Face of Death 294

XXVI. Love and Fire 308

XXVII. Michael’s Revenge 318

XXVIII. Madame von Gaden 330

XXIX. A Desperate Defense 340

XXX. A Solemn Betrothal 346

ON THE RED STAIRCASE.