Darya Alexandrovna made an attempt to play, but it was a long time before she could understand the game, and by the time she did understand it, she was so tired that she sat down with Princess Varvara and simply looked on at the players.

Her partner, Tushkevitch, gave up playing too, but the others kept the game up for a long time.

Sviazhsky and Vronsky both played very well and seriously.

They kept a sharp lookout on the balls served to them, and without haste or getting in each other's way, they ran adroitly up to them, waited for the rebound, and neatly and accurately returned them over the net.

Veslovsky played worse than the others.