Artist and Model by
Rene de Pont-Jest
A novel in two parts
ed lover of the
Countess Barineff naturally thought at once of making Lise the mistress of
Pampeln.
She was, he thought,
just the wife for Peter the Silent, as he liked to call his young friend. Lise
was serious, well-taught, and not given to frivolity, as most of the young
girls of the Russian nobility were. He spoke of her to the prince, who came to St. Petersburg
The aim of the
ex-comedienne having been thus far attained, things followed their regular
course. Though he held no post at the court, Prince Olsdorf, through deference
and in accordance with tradition, asked for the approval of the emperor to his
marriage. The consent was readily given, and Pierre
hastened to hand over his mansion at St.
Petersburg
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