THE END.


FOOTNOTES

[1] Lit., word and deed.

[2] The original painting (by Constantine Flavitski) hangs in the famous private gallery of M. Tretiakoff.

[3] The Bulgarian language is similar to the Russian, being a Sclavonic dialect.

[4] The Russians have no “Mr.,” “Mrs.” or “Miss” before names. They use the patronymic, which consists in adding vitch, for the masculine, and vna, for the feminine, to the name of the father, with sometimes a contraction.

[5] Little mother,—a caressing term.

[6] Pavel the son of Efstaffi (see note on page 8).

[7] Pet name for Irena.