call you Amalia Ludwigovna, though I fail to understand why you

dislike that name. You can see for yourself what has happened to

Semyon Zaharovitch; he is dying. I beg you to close that door at

once and to admit no one. Let him at least die in peace! Or I warn you

the Governor-General, himself, shall be informed of your conduct

to-morrow. The prince knew me as a girl; he remembers Semyon

Zaharovitch well and has often been a benefactor to him. Every one

knows that Semyon Zaharovitch had many friends and protectors, whom he