. George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services. ad not deviated since from thecourse he had previously laid out. He thought he sawsigns of improvement. In leaving he begged me notto go to Odessa or travel without first notifying him. Before taking the trip to Volhynia foretold in thepreceding entry, Meyer related in a letter to his wifesome experiences of Russian society and sport whichare worth recording. To Mrs. Meyer St. Petersburg, October 5, . Last Friday morning I again got a message fromthe Grand Duchess to come down and dine that evening. I hadintended leaving for Nar
. George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services. ad not deviated since from thecourse he had previously laid out. He thought he sawsigns of improvement. In leaving he begged me notto go to Odessa or travel without first notifying him. Before taking the trip to Volhynia foretold in thepreceding entry, Meyer related in a letter to his wifesome experiences of Russian society and sport whichare worth recording. To Mrs. Meyer St. Petersburg, October 5, . Last Friday morning I again got a message fromthe Grand Duchess to come down and dine that evening. I hadintended leaving for Narva on the five oclock train, butcould not again say that I was off shooting, so postponed leav-ing until next morning and went to dinner at Tsarskoe. PrinceDolgorouky and myself were bound for the same destination,and Prince YoussoupofF ^ was also on the train; he told methat he had wonderful wolf-shooting outside of Moscow, and 1 It was in the Petersburg palace of this Prince—see p. 276, ante—that the monk Rasputin was murdered, December 31, 1906} AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA 311 later on, if conditions would permit, that he intended to inviteme to go shooting there with him. At the Vladimirs the guests were all assembled awaitingour arrival, and consisted of Grand Duke Andre, the Fersens,the Annenkoffs, Knorring, Hohenlohe, and one or two ladies-in-waiting and aides-de-camp. The dinner was informal andno champagne served, which is always the way when the GrandDuchess is there, as she realizes how bad it is for her ladies all walked in first, the men following after, every onestopping, however, in the first antecamera, in order to havezakuski, which consists as usual of caviar, raw fish, smoked fish,pate-de-foie-gras, a few petits verres of vodka, and the whiskywhich I sent the Grand Duke, which seems to be much appre-ciated. After dinner the Grand Duke formed his bridge tablesas quickly as possible, as Dolgorouky and I had to return onthe train. The two R
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