Accession of the Emperor Paul -- His Arbitrary Rule -- His Civility to the Authoress -- A Man Who Did Not Know the Emperor's Address -- Paul's Kindness to Foreigners -- His Fear of Assassination -- His Personal Appearance -- The Empress Maria -- Vagaries of a Half-Mad Emperor -- A Noble Prelate 119 CHAPTER XI. FAMILY AFFAIRS. Poniatowski, Last King of Poland -- His Amiable Character -- The Authoress's Faculty of Presaging Death -- Poniatowski the Nephew -- Mme. Lebrun Received as a Member of the St. Petersburg Academy -- Her Daughter's Untoward Marriage -- Resulting in Estrangement Between Mother and Child 131 CHAPTER XII. MOSCOW. Journey to Moscow -- A Bad Smell and Its Origin -- First Impression of Moscow -- Another Impression, Oral and Unpleasing -- The Kremlin -- Steam-and-Snow Bathing -- Society -- Luxurious Prince Kurakin -- An Impossible Duologue -- Examples of Russian Cleverness -- Determination to Return to France 142 CHAPTER XIII. GOOD-BY TO RUSSIA. Departure from Moscow -- News of the Death of Paul -- Particulars of His Assassination -- Et tu Brute? -- Paul's Presentiments of Peril -- His Successor Not an Accomplice in the Crime -- Alexander I. a Popular Monarch -- An Order from an Imperial Customer and Model -- Farewells to Friends -- Among Them Czar and Czarina 154 CHAPTER XIV. HOMEWARD BOUND. First Station, Narva -- The Cataract -- Riga -- Hardships of Travel a Hundred Years Ago -- Obdurate Custom-House Officials -- A Summons to Potsdam -- The Loveliest and Sweetest of Queens -- Her Ugly Children -- An Ambitious Cook -- The Journey Continued -- "Remember Your Jewel-Case" -- Modelling in Dirt for a Pastime -- Likewise Sewing -- Home Again 164 CHAPTER XV. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. Paris After the Revolution -- Renewing Old Acquaintances and Forming New Ties -- Rival Beauties: Mme. Recamier and Mme. Tallien -- Mme. Campan -- An Englishwoman's Slip of the Tongue -- Some Distinguished Foreigners 173 CHAPTER XVI. UNMERRY ENGLAND. London -- Its Historic Piles -- And Dull Sundays -- And Taciturn People -- Pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds -- His Modesty -- How to Dry Pictures in a Damp Climate -- The Artistic View of a Certain Popular Beauty -- The Prince of Wales -- His Alleged Attentions to Mme. Lebrun -- The Authoress Lectures an Unfriendly Critic -- News of One of Napoleon's "Atrocious Crimes" 182 CHAPTER XVII. PERSONS AND PLACES IN BRITAIN.