THE CZAR AND MR ARCHIBALD FORBES: A REMINISCENCE.
{English Illustrated Magazine.) The Imperial residence was a dismantled Turkish bouse, the balcony on the upper floor of which, where we found the Emperor impatiently striding to and fro, was inclosed with curtains of plain canvas. There was not even a carpet on the rugged boardß. A glimpse into the bedchamber, whence the Emperor had emerged, showed mo a tiny cabin with mud walls and a little camp bedstead stauding on a mud floor. The Emperor, who was quite alone, received me with great courtesy, shaking lniuda, and paying me a compliment on the speed with which I had travelled. It was about the worst period of ill-fortune to the Russian arms, and tho harassment of anxiety and mischance was plainly telling on his Majesty^ physical condition. He carried himself with rounded shoulders ; he was gaunt, worn, and haggard ; his voice quivered with nervousness, and was fitfully interrupted by the asthma that affected him. A few months later, when Plevna had fallen, and that tardy success had revolutionised the situation, I saw His Majesty m St. Petersburgh — a veritable Eraperor, upright of figure, proud of gait, arrayed m a splendid uniform, and his bosom covered with decorations. A glittering court and suite thronged around the stately ( maii with, eothueiastically respectful
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3329, 29 May 1885, Page 3
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