He supplemented them on occasion with secret Tibetan remedies borrowed from a fellow quack, and for a time he took lessons from a professional hypnotist. The Czarina, of course, was unaware of these earthly expedients: to her mind Rasputin’s success in treating the Czarevitch was miraculous; only saints could perform miracles; obviously, therefore, the starets was a saint. The Czar was inclined to agree with her.
