Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . ain. Oneof the local dignitaries, attracted by the little boyswistful face looking out of the carriage window, ap-proached him saying : It must be tedious forYour Imperial Highness ; could I do anything torelieve your dullness ? Oh, please show mePurishkevitch, I do so long to see him. Theamused gentleman started in quest of the member ofthe Duma and returned a few minutes later accom-panied by M. Purishkevitch, who good-naturedlywalked up and down the platform before t
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . ain. Oneof the local dignitaries, attracted by the little boyswistful face looking out of the carriage window, ap-proached him saying : It must be tedious forYour Imperial Highness ; could I do anything torelieve your dullness ? Oh, please show mePurishkevitch, I do so long to see him. Theamused gentleman started in quest of the member ofthe Duma and returned a few minutes later accom-panied by M. Purishkevitch, who good-naturedlywalked up and down the platform before the de-lighted gaze of the Tzessarevitch. Since then the Grand Duke Alexis has had theopportunity of making the personal acquaintanceof M. Purishkevitch, for the Emperor took him tovisit the hospital train, which is directed by thewell-known member of the Duma, and the Tzar andhis son were shown over by M. Purishkevitch him-self. The Tzessarevitch is an ardent patriot and takesthe deepest interest in the development of the after the declaration of war from KaiserWilhelm, the little Grand Duke told a lady that he. tup: tzessarevitch alexis mcolmevitch THE TZAR AND HIS FAMILY 27 had collected the photographs of all his Germanrelations and connections and torn them up. Heonly hesitated about mammas brother. Thatwas a dilemma he could not solve by himself, so in thecontingency he applied for the opinion of Nastia (theGrand Duchess Anastasia, the sister nearest to himin age). Nastias verdict was : Never mind hisbeing mammas brother, he is a German, tear himup with the rest. So, continued the Tzessare-vitch, we tore them all up into the tiniest bits andthen we trampled on them. The state of the Tzessarevitchs health has beena source of great anxiety to his adoring much stronger at present, he is still sur-rounded by precautions. When he was a small boyof five he took a violent fancy to one of the sailorsof the Standart, Derevenko, who has since beenattached to
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