When the servant entered the czar
shouted and stamped his feet The
empress had fainted She was taken
to her room and remained for a long
time under the care of her physicians
The czar neglected all important af
fairs of state when the empress was
ill In the evening the minister of
the interior arrived at the palace with
an important report When he was
ushered into the czar's study the
czar shouted at him nervously:
"For God's sake leave me alone!
The empress is ill! Do whatever you
like! It is all the same to me"
When the minister of the interior
offered a few words of consolation the
czar interrupted him:
"I know you! I know everything! I
know you all!" and he waved his
hand.
The minister of the interior walked
out of the czar's study confused and
humiliated.
And the minister of the interior
heard the czar shouting to himself:
"Monarchy, constitution, anarchy.
Even my nearest are against me."
The health of the empress was shat
tered and for a long time she was Buf
fering from a nervous breakdown.
During that illness various rumors
were spreading in the palace. It was
said that the czarina was planning to
leave the palace and return to her na
tive land. It was then also rumored
that she wanted the czar to abdicate
and leave Russia. But all knew that
she rebuked the czar for bis lack of
will power and determination.
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MAIN QITY Of CEYLON
COLOMBO ALWAYS INTERESTING
TO THE TRAVELER.
Its Origin Goes Back Beyond the
Pages of History and, Has Record
In Writings of the Earliest
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