"Gregoir [Footnote 1: "Gritzko" is the diminutive of "Gregoir.">[
Milaslávski."
And as once before in her life Tamara's knees gave way under her, and she sat down hurriedly on the bed—all power of thought had left her.
"The messenger waits, ma'am," her maid said, stolidly, from the door.
Then she pulled herself together and went to the writing-table. Her hand trembled, but she steadied it, and wrote her answer.
"To Prince Milaslávski,—
"Monsieur,—I have no choice. I consent
"Yours truly,
"Tamara Loraine."
And she folded it, and placing it in the envelope, she sealed it with her own little monogram seal, in tender blue wax, and handed it to her maid, who left the room.
Then she stared in front of her—her arms crossed on the table—but she could not have analyzed the emotions which were flooding her being.