. Marie Corelli : the writer and the woman. KiLLIECRANKIE CoTTAGE WhERE ZlSKA WAS FlNI£HED. Avon Croft Where The Master Christian was Finishep The Murder of Delicia and Ziska 213 things which have, through luxurious habit, becomenecessities to their pallid existences, they hastilydepart to the Land of the Sun, carrying with themtheir nameless languors, discontents, and incurableillnesses, for which Heaven itself, much less Egypt,could provide no remedy. Be that as it may, the tourists assembled at theGezireh Palace Hotel one winter were treated to avision of loveliness which for a time made th
. Marie Corelli : the writer and the woman. KiLLIECRANKIE CoTTAGE WhERE ZlSKA WAS FlNI£HED. Avon Croft Where The Master Christian was Finishep The Murder of Delicia and Ziska 213 things which have, through luxurious habit, becomenecessities to their pallid existences, they hastilydepart to the Land of the Sun, carrying with themtheir nameless languors, discontents, and incurableillnesses, for which Heaven itself, much less Egypt,could provide no remedy. Be that as it may, the tourists assembled at theGezireh Palace Hotel one winter were treated to avision of loveliness which for a time made themmomentarily forget their nameless languors in spellsof admiration and envy, according to the sex whichclaimed them, the vision in question taking an ap-parently human shape in the person of the PrincessZiska. Reputedly a Russian lady, Ziska was in reality theflesh-clad ghost of Ziska-Charmazel, the favoriteof the harem of a great Egyptian warrior, describedin forgotten histories as The Mighty Egypt at the same time as the Princess wasArmand Gervase, a French painter of
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