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this is very unlike Russia where one
knows nothing lf the master of the Inn
probably not even who he is ; a ser=
vent shows you your suite of apart=
ments, perhaps acts as your valet
de place + your whole transactions
are with him - A neatly dressed
clean looking female servant ap=
peared to arrange our bedding+,

- With the exception of a few days
at [[Constantinople]], + a few at Moscow
I had not seen a female attendaent
in any room for some months.
A Russian soldier as femme de
chambre in Quarantine, an Italian
waiter at [Alonsska?] , a Russian valet
de place at Odessa, a Russian
Moujik during our travels, so
this little Polish maiden was a
very pleasant sight - German is
very generally spoken happily
for us ; for as Mr W is also igno=
rant of Polish we should have
been worse off than ever here -

Things are said to be in a dull
decaying state, though the town
is pleasant, clean, + cheerful looking;
it is still feeling the effects of the
unfortunate revolution - a people
broken rether than subdues, the
best of their nobility exiles or have been

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