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Chapter 3

           “Why,thisissimplybeautiful;lookatthat,Gania,there’srealtalentthere!”

           Onasheetofthickwriting-papertheprincehadwritteninmedievalcharactersthelegend:

           “ThegentleAbbotPafnutesignedthis.”

           “There,”explainedtheprince,withgreatdelightandanimation,“there,that’stheabbot’srealsignature—fromamanuscriptofthefourteenthcentury.Alltheseoldabbotsandbishopsusedtowritemostbeautifully,withsuchtasteandsomuchcareanddiligence.HaveyounocopyofPogodin,general?IfyouhadoneIcouldshowyouanothertype.Stopabit—hereyouhavethelargeroundwritingcommoninFranceduringtheeighteenthcentury.Someofthelettersareshapedquitedifferentlyfromthosenowinuse.Itwasthewritingcurrentthen,andemployedbypublicwritersgenerally.Icopiedthisfromoneofthem,andyoucanseehowgooditis.Lookatthewell-roundedaandd.IhavetriedtotranslatetheFrenchcharacterintotheRussianletters—adifficultthingtodo,butIthinkIhavesucceededfairly.Hereisafinesentence,writteninagood,originalhand—‘Zealtriumphsoverall.’ThatisthescriptoftheRussianWarOffice.Thatishowofficialdocumentsaddressedtoimportantpersonagesshouldbewritten.Thelettersareround,thetypeblack,andthestylesomewhatremarkable.Astylistwouldnotallowtheseornaments,orattemptsatflourishes—justlookattheseunfinishedtails!—butithasdistinctionandreallydepictsthesoulofthewriter.

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