[38] Ekaterina is here referring to a letter of Orloff’s.
[39] A street in St. Petersburg.
[40] The général procureur is the highest authority in legal matters.
[41] A service in honour of our Lord and the Virgin Mary.
[42] “Docifé” is supposed to have been another daughter of Elizabeth Petrowna. It is known that she died in the nunnery referred to.
[43] A Persian coat.
[44] A fine black silk net as worn in England about the time of George II. and George III.
[45] Entresol, a suite of apartments between ground and first floor.
[46] 663 miles.
[47] A wife, in Russia, always takes her husband’s title, adding only a feminine suffix.