with a smile , she suddenly turned to me and said : `` i met him again in london , you know ~ frederick , my swedish prince ... '' ~ not the end ~ ~ not the beginning ~ natalie tereshchenko ~ lady in waiting ~~~~ russia , a country shrouded in secrecy , staggering under an oppressive , warmongering ruler ~ while the citizens die of cold and starvation , the royal family lives in opulence .