Part 12

Chapter 1

           

           InPetersburgatthattimeacomplicatedstrugglewasbeingcarriedonwithgreaterheatthaneverinthehighestcircles,betweenthepartiesofRumyántsev,theFrench,MáryaFëdorovna,theTsarévich,andothers,drownedasusualbythebuzzingofthecourtdrones.Butthecalm,luxuriouslifeofPetersburg,concernedonlyaboutphantomsandreflectionsofreallife,wentoninitsoldwayandmadeithard,exceptbyagreateffort,torealizethedangerandthedifficultpositionoftheRussianpeople.Therewerethesamereceptionsandballs,thesameFrenchtheater,thesamecourtinterestsandserviceinterestsandintriguesasusual.Onlyintheveryhighestcircleswereattemptsmadetokeepinmindthedifficultiesoftheactualposition.StorieswerewhisperedofhowdifferentlythetwoEmpressesbehavedinthesedifficultcircumstances.TheEmpressMárya,concernedforthewelfareofthecharitableandeducationalinstitutionsunderherpatronage,hadgivendirectionsthattheyshouldallberemovedtoKazán,andthethingsbelongingtotheseinstitutionshadalreadybeenpackedup.TheEmpressElisabeth,however,whenaskedwhatinstructionsshewouldbepleasedtogive—withhercharacteristicRussianpatriotismhadrepliedthatshecouldgivenodirectionsaboutstateinstitutionsforthatwastheaffairofthesovereign,butasfarasshepersonallywasconcernedshewouldbethelasttoquitPetersburg.

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