FOOTNOTES:
[1] A Tatár word, signifying "tower"; used to mean the part of the house where the women were secluded, in Oriental fashion.
[2] Lord, in the original, is Gosudár, the word which, with a capital, is applied especially to the emperor.
[3] The dramatist Ostróvsky has made effective use of this game, and the more prophetic couplets of the song, in his famous play: "Poverty is not a Vice." Other national customs and songs are used in his play.