CHAPTER XXV.
The Hetman's Gendarmes Assassinate My Two Children
When I spoke of Platon's malicious glance, at home, my wife's relatives, who were native Kievites, warned me: "Be careful, John,
Scene Seven.
Metropolitan Platon is now Skoropadsky's right hand and he can do whatever he pleases." The rumor was current all over Kiev to
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