There was one hard
case in the number, and that of a young [32] female. After having her sentence
and just on the point of starting for the Colony she was [permitted?] by one of
the officers to take a pair of shoes, being to the prison,, for the use of the
Convict. The officer at the time
snatched them away from her, gave her a terrible kick and placed her
again in the ranks.—We now returned to dinner taking a short drive through the
grounds of the Palace of the Empress, small but very pretty. Shortly after dinner we again entered our four-in-hand,
and drove out to the grounds of the Peterskoi Palace. Just as in France & [illeg.] Europe
generally, Sunday Evening is occupied by the upper classes in visiting these
Public Drives, and then going to the play.
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