10 “You seem to be well-informed”: Ibid., 264
11 “The weather was superb”: Ibid., 276
12 “The Grand Duchess is kindness”: Ibid., 277
13 “please the empress”: Kaus, 147
14 “The grand duke is as completely a Prussian”: Ibid., 148
15 “I love you as my father”: Cronin, 110
35. APRAKSIN’S RETREAT
1 “a very corpulent man”: Cronin, 109
2 “If the empress should die”:Haslip, 89
3 “And there now remains”: Kaus, 171
36. CATHERINE’S DAUGHTER
1 “I have no idea”:
2 “You fool! Go back”: Ibid.
3 “Go to the devil!”: Ibid.
4 “It is said that the public celebrations”: Ibid., 283
5 “only just awakened”: Ibid., 284
6 “You should not die of hunger”: Ibid.
7 “the grand duke’s musicians”: Ibid., 285
8 “except for Alexander Shuvalov”: Ibid.
37. THE FALL OF BESTUZHEV
1 “Count, I have just received a message”:
2 “Thank God, we are going to arrest”: Ibid., 287
3 “a loyal, honest man”: Ibid.
4 “With a dagger in my heart”: Ibid., 288
5 “What do all these wonderful things mean?”: Ibid.
6 “attempting to sow discord”: Ibid., 292
7 “You are a witness to the fact”: Ibid., 294
38. A GAMBLE
1 “in a fearful passion”:
2 “What will you say to her?”: Ibid.
3 “Today, my damned nephew”: Ibid., 299
4 “I felt myself possessed”: Ibid
5 “My natural pride”: Ibid., 300
6 “I have just said”: Ibid., 301
7 “We are all afraid”: Ibid., 302
39. CONFRONTATION
1 “Why do you wish me”:
2 “My children are in your hands”: Ibid.
3 “Your Imperial Majesty will tell them”: Ibid.
4 “God is my witness”: Ibid.
5 “You are dreadfully haughty”: Ibid., 306
6 “She is dreadfully spiteful”: Ibid.
7 “You meddle in many things”: Herzen, 288
8 “And why did you write”: Ibid., 289
9 “The grand duke showed much bitterness”: Ibid.
10 “I have many more things to say”: Ibid., 290
11 “He told me that the empress had spoken”: Ibid., 291
12 “I expect you to answer truthfully”: Ibid., 296
40. A MENAGE A QUATRE
