“All my soul is with those who fight the Czar.”
He stared at her. Indeed, there was something beneath the surface! And that two such women as she and the princess should——
She interrupted his surprise with her rapid, barely audible words. “There is a noble part open to you, if you will only take it.”
“And that?”
“To help us.”
“How?”
“You have heard about Borodin—his arrest—what he means to the revolutionary cause?”
“Yes.”
“To rescue him is what at this moment we revolutionists desire most of all to do. If you would join us in that attempt, our chance of success would be greatly increased.”
“Increased? How?”