XCII. Paris 434 XCIII. St. Petersburg—Coronation of Nicolas II 435 XCIV. Our way Back to Khabarovsk _via_ Odessa 438 XCV. Port Saïd 440 XCVI. Suez 441 XCVII. Aden 442 XCVIII. Colombo 444 XCIX. Singapore 449 C. From Singapore to Nagasaki 450 CI. Nagasaki 452 CII. Vladivostock 453 CIII. Khabarovsk 454 CIV. Back to Russia 458 CV. Vladivostock 459 CVI. Nagasaki 460 CVII. Shanghai 462 CVIII. Hong Kong 463 CIX. Canton 465 CX. Macao 468 CXI. Hong Kong 472 CXII. Saigon 474 CXIII. Singapore 475 CXIV. From Singapore to Suez 478 CXV. Suez 482 CXVI. Cairo 482 CXVII. Port Saïd 485 CXVIII. St. Petersburg 487 CXIX. Our Journey to Tashkend 489 CXX. Tashkend 495 CXXI. St. Petersburg 505 CXXII. A Short Peep at St. Petersburg and Back to Tashkend 518 CXXIII. Paris World’s Fair 524 CXXIV. Kissingen 532 CXXV. Back to Tashkend 535 CXXVI. Definite Departure for St. Petersburg 537 Index 539 The Diary of a Russian Lady BOOK I CHAPTER I EARLY RECOLLECTIONS