2 “I had the greatest freedom imaginable”: Ibid., 147
3 “dominant passion”: Herzen, 78
4 “On a woman’s saddle”: Ibid., 131
5 “To tell the truth”:
6 “She was tall”: Ibid., 181
7 “We bit our lips”: Ibid., 182
21. DISMISSALS AT COURT
1 “She was a living archive”:
2 “Do not come near me!”: Ibid., 150
3 “Last night, Count Lestocq and his wife”: Ibid.
4 “The empress did not have the courage”: Ibid., 151
5 “This son of a bitch”: Ibid., 140
6 “Do you remember the time”: Ibid., 141
7 “This is the effect”: Ibid.
8 “So, in order not to spoil his pleasure”: Ibid., 133
9 “only two occupations”: Ibid., 154
10 “From seven in the morning”: Ibid.
11 “One day, hear a poor dog cry”: Ibid., 159
22. MOSCOW AND THE COUNTRY
1 “Countess Shuvalova told the empress”:
2 “I know that. We will not speak of it”: Ibid., 157
3 “It was the worst I have ever had”: Ibid., 160
4 “She was mortally afraid of mice”: Ibid., 163
5 “I rode constantly all day”: Ibid., 161
6 “himself no enemy of wine”: Ibid., 163
7 “He did not know what he was saying”: Ibid.
8 “He was very cheerful”: Ibid., 161
9 “She sat by my bed”: Ibid., 164
23. CHOGLOKOV MAKES AN ENEMY
1 “one would have thought”: Herzen, 101
2 “Choglokov is a conceited fool with a swollen head”:
3 “As he could never keep”: Ibid., 167
4 “I have never in my life felt anything like the pain”: Ibid., 170
24. A BATH BEFORE EASTER AND A COACHMAN’S WHIP
1 “beautiful eyes”:
2 “her wit made one forget”: Herzen, 118
3 “seeing myself slighted”: Ibid., 120
4 “everyone was shocked and disgusted”: Ibid.
5 “I would like to see what she can do”:
6 “both took leave of their senses”: Ibid.
7 “My God!, what happened?”: Ibid., 177
8 “Wipe your cheek”: Ibid.
9 “You see how these women treat us”: Ibid.
25. OYSTERS AND AN ACTOR
1 “an extraordinary passion”:
2 “I listened to talk”: Herzen, 126
3 “If this man or someone like him”: Ibid., 124
4 “As ambassador, I have no instructions”:
26. READING, DANCING, AND A BETRAYAL
1 “of a dullness that I have never seen equaled”: Herzen, 148
