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| Wedding of Grand Prince Alexander and Princess Marie of Hesse (Maria Alexandrovna) |
The whole city had been topsy-turvy for some time past, with sham fights, taking the citadel near the Hermitage fete all for the amusement of L’affiancée of the Grand Duke, Prince Royal—the fact is, the citizens must give up every thing to military movement. The bridges across the Neva are removed and they must cross in small boats. The squares are filled with Cossacks, cannon fire, and all must keep their windows open, if they do not wish them broken bvy the cannon. Military life is all in fact. My books I had the good fortune to retrieve from the Customs House, but my pistols were not delivered up, until the moment we sailed (midnight Oct 4.) and then were brought down by a soldier to Cronstadt some 20 miles from the city. Thus I was forced to pay the duty of Six silver rubles a pound on them nearly 5 dollars a pound.
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