“It’s important—for your safety and that of your family. Meet me by the oak tree at noon.He didn’t sign the note that came to my hands from a scullery maid’s, who had been given it by an undergardener, who had probably received it from someone else. He didn’t sign it, but I knew it was from Sasha. My heart leaped at first. I hadn’t seen him for nearly a year. And that year had been one in which I had changed so much. I knew some of the guards had come back, the reserves, to help with the unrest ...in the streets. Perhaps he had come back to stay for good.After I got over my initial joy that I would see him, I thought about what the note actually said. What could he know that would have to do with our safety? And why was our safety suddenly such a concern?In the tense, preoccupied atmosphere of the Alexander Palace, where nothing was quite the same since Rasputin’s murder, it was not difficult for me to get away at the appointed time. As always, because I was the youngest grand duchess no one paid much attention to me.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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