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on her feet, and the carriage came up and she went to
church.

When she entered the church there was a great to-
cdo, and every one said: “Oh! oh! oh! Who is it?
Is it perchance some princess or some queen? for the
like of it we have never seen before.” Now the

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young Tsarevich chanced to be in church at that
time. When he saw her, his heart began to beat.
He stood there, and could not take his eyes off her.
And all the great captains and courtiers marvelled
at and fell in love with her straightway. But who
she was, they knew not. When service was over, she