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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

– We will not go to him, mother. We will try on our own. – Tenderly smiling, my
brave girl pronounced. – In fact we still have some time left, right?

Sever looked at Anna with surprise but, on seeing her resolution, did not utter a
word.
But Anna had already switched her attention and admiringly observed the riches
that surrounded us in Caraffa’s divine treasure-house.

– Wow, what is it?! Is it really the Pope’s famous library? Have you often visited
it, mother?
– No, dear. I’ve been here just several times. I wanted to know about some
wonderful people and, for some reason; the Pope let me do it.
– Do you mean the Cathars? – Anna asked calmly. – They did know a lot,
didn’t they?
However, they failed to survive. Earth was always very cruel... Why is it so, mother?

– It was not Earth that was cruel, my sun. It was people. But how do you know
about the Cathars? I never taught you about them.
Anna’s pale cheeks blazed with "pink" embarrassment.

– Oh, forgive me, please! I "heard" what you were talking about and was
interested very, very much! Therefore I listened. Please, forgive me. In fact there was
nothing personal in it, so I thought that you would not be offended...
– Of course! Only why do you need such pain? We’ve had enough of what the
Pope does to us, have we not?
– I want to be strong, mother! I don’t want to be afraid of him, like the Cathars
were not afraid of their killers. I want you to be proud of me! – Anna said, lifting her
head with dignity.

The strength of my daughter’s spirit surprised me every day! Where did she get
so much courage to resist Caraffa? What moved her proud passionate heart?
– Do you want to see anything else? – Sever softly asked. – Or it will be better that
I leave you alone for some time?

– Oh, please Sever, tell us more about Magdalena! And tell us how Radomir died.
– Anna asked enthusiastically and then quickly turned to me and added: – if you don’t
mind, mother, dear.
Of course, I did not! On the contrary, I was ready for everything, if only to distract
her from thoughts about our nearest future.
– Please, tell us, Sever! It’ll give us strength to stand to the end. Tell us what you
know, my friend...

Sever nodded and we again found ourselves in somebody's strange unknown life...
in somebody's long time ago lived and abandoned past. We found ourselves in a quiet
spring evening saturated with southern smells. In the distance the sunset still blazed
with the last specks of light, although the tired sun had already set a long time ago to
rest till tomorrow, when it will begin its daily circular journey again.
Unusually enormous stars were gradually kindling in the quickly darkening velvet
sky. The surrounding world was calmly preparing to sleep, being interrupted now and

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