He tried to ignore her, but somehow she had completely won his heart, and a few days after her arrival he made a pretext for seeing her alone in his office. By now Anna, who had guessed that he would not be able to resist her, had compiled a moving story of persecution at the hands of her father, the Kaiser, and when the governor asked for an explanation she confessed, amid sobs, that she was the victim of a political intrigue. Except for certain additions occasioned by the new situation, it was the story she had duped Count Renenski with.
The governor was persuaded to believe her, despite the fact that he had in the prison archives the papers relating to her conviction, and he used all his family's influence to get her a pardon. When this was granted he married her, and, resigning his position, took her for a long tour, Anna declaring that they need not bother about money, as she would shortly receive a million from her real father, the Kaiser. But the honeymoon lasted only three weeks, for Anna was arrested on a charge of bigamy, and it was only when Colonel Bernstorff was confronted by her real husband that he admitted he had made a fool of himself. He thereupon abandoned the impostor to her fate, and she was eventually sent back to complete her original sentence, plus one of five years, for bigamy, and when the war ended she was still in the gloomy prison of West Gradenz.
America, Greenacre attempts to escape to, 191.
American "Humbert Safe" Swindle, 164-167.
Barthélemy's fatal duel with Cournet, 232.
Barthélemy's trial and acquittal at Kingston, 234.
Bremen, Gesina Gottfried's crimes in, 27-29.
Cesbron attempts to murder London doctor, 123.
Chadwick, Arrest and conviction of Mrs., 167-168.
Cleveland, Mrs. Chadwick's marriage in, 161.
Connell, Attempted poisoning of Mrs., 197.
Daniloff, Jeanne, marries Captain Weiss, 50.
"Duchess of Devonshire, the," Recovery of, 273.
"Duchess of Devonshire, the," Theft of, 267-8.
English Criminals, 63, 79, 147, 169, 181, 197, 243.
French Criminals, 79, 111, 125, 213, 229.
Gainsborough's masterpiece, Recovery of, 273.
Gainsborough's masterpiece, Theft of, 267-8.
Kingston-on-Thames, Barthélemy's trial at, 234.
Leverson, Rachel, alias "Madam Rachel," 63-77.