"Thou art intemperate in spiritual converse," said he, "and thou smokest so excessively that soot has settled in my head from thy fumes."
Platoff was offended, and lay upon the couch of vexation at home. And there he lay incessantly, and smoked Zhukoff tobacco without intermission.
FOOTNOTES:
[11] Probably intended for khalva, a very rich paste of honey and nuts.
[12] Count Bobrinsky's extensive beet-sugar factories, in southwest Russia.
[13] Evidently "infusoriae."
[14] Pyramids.
[15] There was a very great difference in the value of silver and paper money in Russia at that date, and the Englishmen chose wisely.
[16] Walrus ivory.
[17] AUTHOR'S NOTE. "Priest Feodot" is not a pure invention; the Emperor Alexander Pavlovitch, before his death in Taganrog, did confess to a Priest, Alexyei Feodotoff-Tchekovskoy, who thereafter was styled "his Majesty's Confessor," and who was fond of calling this purely fortuitous circumstance to the attention of every one. So this Feodotoff-Tchekovskoy is, evidently, the "Pope Feodot" of the legend.