. My life here and there. luence over her husband grewand grew, till by degrees he lost familiar contact withthose who might have given him real enlightenment andtruth. Still she held to Prince Orloff, and believedrightly in his honor and devotion. The latters tact andpower were constantly used to stem the intrigues atour court. Early in 1913 was celebrated the three hundredthanniversary of the Romanoffs accession to the throne,and in the pageants connected with all this the courtlived over again the acclamations and enthusiasm of thedynastys early days, when for his virtue, intelligence,and g
. My life here and there. luence over her husband grewand grew, till by degrees he lost familiar contact withthose who might have given him real enlightenment andtruth. Still she held to Prince Orloff, and believedrightly in his honor and devotion. The latters tact andpower were constantly used to stem the intrigues atour court. Early in 1913 was celebrated the three hundredthanniversary of the Romanoffs accession to the throne,and in the pageants connected with all this the courtlived over again the acclamations and enthusiasm of thedynastys early days, when for his virtue, intelligence,and grace young Michael Romanoff had been chosen byhis people for their sovereign, and was fetched out fromthe retirement of the convent in which he was beingbrought up by his good mother. The great deeds of ourimperial family through three centuries of history wererecalled in tableaux, song, and ceremony. An officialreception occurred at the Winter Palace, when each guestin national costume was given a golden insignia to mark. I—I < C4Q OPiD WHWC u <p p H ui OCJ < I—IPi ; w a H CALM BEFORE THE STORM 315 his or her attendance that day at court. Deputationscame from every province, and from vassal states, withgifts for the sovereigns, and these received with all duepomp, surrounded by the imperial family and theirattendants. Never had the palace looked more magnificent, norhad the power of the ruler seemed more assured. Thecity of St. Petersburg was officially dressed in gayestbunting, while at night the imperial crowns or mono-grams, with emblems of state designed in colored lamps,made vast decorations which lighted up the special gala fetes were given. One, offered by thenobles of the capital to their Emperor, was a ball in theCouncil Hall of the Nobility. The magnificent whitemarble ballroom dated back a century at least, and waswonderful that night. All of us had put on our bestclothes and jewels, to do honor to the imperial guests ofthe evening. T
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