this
uncertainty
the
Governor-General
in Kiev
was
petitioned
to grant
her a
fortnight's
extension
of stay in
her
brother's
house.No
answer
whatever
was
returned
to this
prayer,but
one day at
dusk the
police-captain
of the
district
drove up
to the
house and
told my
uncle's
valet,who
ran out to
meet
him,that
he wanted
to speak
with the
master in
private,at
once.Very
much
impressed
(he
thought it
was going
to be an
arrest)the
servant,"more
dead than
