[78]. Herzen’s wife, Natalie, died at Nice in 1852 and was buried there under the circumstances here described.
All, all, has passed away!
CHAPTER VI
Exile—A Chief Constable—The Volga—Perm.
§1
ON the morning of April 10, 1835, a police-officer conducted me to the Governor’s palace, where my parents were allowed to take leave of me in the private part of the office.
This was bound to be an uncomfortable and painful scene. Spies and clerks swarmed round us; we listened while his instructions were read aloud to the police-agent who was to go with me; it was impossible to exchange a word unwatched—in short, more painful and galling surroundings cannot be imagined. It was a relief when the carriage started at last along the Vladimirka River.
Per me si va nella città dolente,
Per me si va nell’ eterno dolore—[[79]]