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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

gave hers; more precisely it was maliciously taken from her. These are not just beautiful
words. It is my lifelong position and I don’t care what objections someone may produce
on this occasion…

I could not sleep in the night from Saturday to Sunday. My soul ached unbearably.
I sat at my computer and began to write a poem dedicated to Svetlana’s memory. When
I wrote down the last line, the insufferable pain remained. There was no question of
falling asleep and I began to write the Epilogue to Svetlana’s book. I wanted to tell
people more about Svetlana–what she was (and is) like. In the morning I did fall into a
short slumber only to emerge from it and plunge into my pain again…
On Sunday I asked some of my friends to help me with a French visa as quickly as
possible.
They responded immediately, despite it being a weekend.

I must admit that the enemies chose a perfect time for their last attack. Svetlana
was alone in the Château from Wednesday till her murder on Saturday. On November
11 to 14 there were some holidays in France and our housekeeper, Frederic, visited her
family and Svetlana remained alone, just with our dogs, Ramzes and Cori. So, the
scoundrels chose precisely the time when nobody would be beside her.
Some time before, at the end of September, her "best friend" Emma betrayed
Svetlana, depriving her of the possibility of free movement and connection with the
outside world, because Emma worked as a secretary-interpreter. Svetlana told me that
they parted with each other on a Saturday on good terms–I even listened to Emma’s
message on the answering machine where she wished her a pleasant weekend in an
absolutely normal voice and confirmed that she would be in the Château as agreed.
She came on Monday but was already on edge and when Svetlana asked a simple
question as to why she did not switch her mobile on, as she had asked her to do, just in
case of urgent necessity, Emma answered very rudely, said a lot of unpleasant things,
turned her back and left. Svetlana just had time to ask her to think about her behaviour
and call her.
Svetlana never got a call from her "best friend", instead she received an official
letter accusing her of creating stressful job conditions as a result of which Emma had
become depressed and notifying her that she was to be called into court on November
19! Everything was presented in the worst light possible for Svetlana. Emma wanted
to accuse her of causing depression to a worker. However, when I listened to Emma’s
message on Svetlana’s answering machine, there were no depressive notes in her voice

and intonation, on the contrary, it sounded quite merry and satisfied. What could have
happened during that Sunday, considering the fact that Svetlana had not communicated
with her that day?
And if Svetlana did not communicate with her "best friend", then who did? What
was said and quite possibly offered, so that on Monday morning Emma came to the
Château being absolutely out of her temper and behaved in such outrageous manner.
It was a hard blow for Svetlana. She did not expect treason. Prior to that, she told me
that two years ago one of our gardeners began playing dirty, accusing Svetlana of
creating stressful job conditions, as a result of which he said he had sunk into
depression. He wanted Svetlana to pay him a life allowance the size of his present

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