starets

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• The Empress, her head bowed in silence, knelt before the weird impressive shrine, side by side with the Starets.

• One day a frantic message came to me over the telephone from Madame Vyrubova, who inquired the whereabouts of the Starets.

• The Tsar bowed as the Starets, crossing himself, bestowed his blessing upon him.

• Experts were brought in, when it was found that the writing was in Russian character, and the words were: "The holy Starets is——"

• This conveyed nothing to the London police, who, of course, knew nothing save that a "Starets" in Russia is a "saint."