She need not know how hard it was for me to see her again.

I have settled on the upper floor of this big house and am experiencing a happy feeling of regeneration.

At that time, as always happens, the highest society that met at court and at the grand balls was divided into several circles, each with its own particular tone.

The largest of these was the French circle of the Napoleonic alliance, the circle of Count Rumyantsev and Caulaincourt.