M’mselle,There seemed to be little more to gain from this conversation and Larisa stared out of the window without speaking.
She had taken the trouble to find out a lot about Paris before she left England.
She knew that the gigantic International Exhibition of the previous year 1889 had impressed the world.
“The fact that the Exhibition was held on the centenary of the year of the Revolution was not to everyone’s taste,” Nicky told her.
He was always full of information on anything that concerned diplomacy.
“None of the Royal Courts of Europe were represented by their Ambassadors,” he continued, “with the exception of Belgium.”
“What about England?” Larisa asked.
“Queen Victoria recalled our Ambassador, Lord Lytton, to London,” Nicky replied, “so that he did not have to be present a
