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She walked up the stairs and, as she reached the top landing, she could hear voices and laughter coming from the Princess’s bedroom and guessed that the Grand Duke’s sisters were with her and they had not noticed her absence. She went into her bedroom and saw that, while she had been away, the maids had packed her large leather trunk. It was ready to follow her to St. Petersburg tomorrow moving either before or after the bridal procession had left The Palace. The only things that remained unpacked were the gown that she was to wear at dinner this evening and the one she had chosen for the Wedding. It was simple compared with the elaborate toilettes of the Czarina and the other ladies. Of sky blue silk it was the same tone of blue as her eyes. She knew it was very becoming and, as it fl