The Forum . imany Romanoff characteristic. Shortly after his birth Alixwas plunged into a fit of melancholy. As the little Czarevitch grew, so grew the power of thefoul monk, Rasputin. The Czar changed the monks nameto New—Gregory New. This came about because one daywhen Gregory was entering the dining-room of the palacewhere Alix was holding her son in her lap, the little fellowclasped his hands and said New, new, new. Those werehis first words, so the Czar at once changed Gregorys nameto New. To quote the monk: I was made welcome in theImperial apartments and often spent days with Alix. I ha
The Forum . imany Romanoff characteristic. Shortly after his birth Alixwas plunged into a fit of melancholy. As the little Czarevitch grew, so grew the power of thefoul monk, Rasputin. The Czar changed the monks nameto New—Gregory New. This came about because one daywhen Gregory was entering the dining-room of the palacewhere Alix was holding her son in her lap, the little fellowclasped his hands and said New, new, new. Those werehis first words, so the Czar at once changed Gregorys nameto New. To quote the monk: I was made welcome in theImperial apartments and often spent days with Alix. I haveeven carried her to and fro like a baby. I often play withthe children. Once all her four girls together climbed up onme and little Alexis sat on my back, and I gave them quite along ride in the nursery. When they got off the Czarina said,1 Forgive them, Gregory, they know that you are holy andthat they ought not to ride on you/ But it was only for showered presents upon Gregory, expensive rugs,. Under the Sway of the Mystics and Soothsayers 175 176 THE FORUM a multitude of costly ikons, and all kinds of luxuries includ-ing Imperial portraits with gold crowns. Becoming moreand more obsessed with the idea that this evil charlatan wastheir salvation, Alix made a number of shirts for him withher own hands. From one of these the monk tore off thecollar, when the Czar was suffering from a sore throat, andwrapped it about his neck. The Czar slept with it and thenext day pronounced that he had been cured by a miracle. rasputins baleful hypnotic influence T3UT stories were beginning to circulate into the royal household, about Gregory. They were stories of aluxurious apartment in Petrograd, stories of orgies that wenton there, under the guise of religious ceremonies. Therewas an officers wife who finally gathered up a quantity ofmaterial concerning the licentiousness of Saint Gregory andwrote it in a book. She sent this book to the Czar, impelledby motives of patriotism, s
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