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FOOTNOTES:
[1] The apartments at Tsarkoe Selo reserved for guests and the suite were situated over the third and fourth entrances to the Palace. The red drawing-room was in the private apartments.—L. D.
[2] M. Rodziansko, the President of the Duma, was an aristocrat who had turned Revolutionary: he was always antagonistic to the Imperial Family.
[3] Znaminie is a little church adjacent to the Palace.
[4] During this time the Empress and I wore nurses’ uniforms. It has been erroneously stated that the Empress wore ordinary dress. This is not the case.
[5] From the time that the Emperor left for the Front, one of the Grand Duchesses always slept with the Empress.
[6] The remaining members of the suite occupied apartments in the fourth wing of the Palace. The Empress, who was afraid of infection for others, only saw them occasionally. I was quite alone with her and the children.
[7] In all my descriptions of the conversations between the Emperor, the Empress and myself, I have endeavoured to describe what took place, almost word for word. I have not attempted to elaborate any of the statements, and my record may therefore be considered accurate.—L. D.
[8] The sleeping apartments of the Emperor and the Empress were situated on the ground floor of the Palace.—L. D.