[40] The général procureur is the highest authority in legal matters. [41] A service in honour of our Lord and the Virgin Mary. [42] “Docifé” is supposed to have been another daughter of Elizabeth Petrowna. It is known that she died in the nunnery referred to. [43] A Persian coat. [44] A fine black silk net as worn in England about the time of George II. and George III. [45] _Entresol_, a suite of apartments between ground and first floor. [46] 663 miles. [47] A wife, in Russia, always takes her husband’s title, adding only a feminine suffix. [48] In Russia the roofs of all Government buildings and of substantial houses are made of iron sheets painted dark red or bright green. [49] These are always used instead of picks, as the ground here is sometimes frozen more than a yard deep. [50] See Frontispiece. [51] The heir-apparent, son of Ekaterina, afterwards ascended the throne as Pavel I. [52] A hooded sledge, lined with furs, and with large fur curtains and panes of glass let in. It is used for long winter journeys. [53] A school in St. Petersburg for the daughters of the nobility, endowed by Ekaterina II. [54] That is, the high road from Kieff. End of Project Gutenberg's The Princess Tarakanova, by G. P. Danilevski