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17,015 and 18,038, from December 5, 1863, and June 7, 1864, acted

in direct contravention of the intent of the law T... Act 18, and

the note to Act 36. A flash of eagerness suffused the face of

Alexey Alexandrovitch as he rapidly wrote out a synopsis of these

ideas for his own benefit. Having filled a sheet of paper, he got

up, rang, and sent a note to the chief secretary of his

department to look up certain necessary facts for him. Getting up

and walking about the room, he glanced again at the portrait,

frowned, and smiled contemptuously. After reading a little more

of the book on Egyptian hieroglyphics, and renewing his interest

in it, Alexey Alexandrovitch went to bed at eleven o'clock, and

recollecting as he lay in bed the incident with his wife, he saw

it now in by no means such a gloomy light.

Chapter 15