A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
A queer story,; which the Italians would have characterized' . as being “ Well-founded, if riot true/’ comes from St. Petersburg. Lady Duffer in, wife of the British Envoy, went to Court to be presented to the Czarina. On arriving at the Winter Palace, she Was shown into an ante-room, as she thought, where an 'aged lady, whom;Hhio' took to be a mistress of the ceremonies, was seated on the ottoman., The lady motioned her to a place beside her and entered into conversation,but in a frigid Russian style. The handsome Irish woman, with the Hamilton blood' in her veins had a little pride of her own, and thinking the Muscovite ■waiting woman was rather patronizing to the wife of an Ambassador, assumed a “ standoff.” on her side. The ceremonious dame : became more ceremonious, and almost haughty/ At length she asked : “ Have you seen my daughter lately ?” “Pardon me, madame,” said Lady Dufferin ; “I fancy we do not move in the same circle. Pray, who may your daughter be ?” j Thetapswcr led up to a tableau. “The Duchess of Edinburgh,” said the stately old female, who was no other than the Empress of Russia.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2157, 17 February 1880, Page 3
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195A SLIGHT MISTAKE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2157, 17 February 1880, Page 3
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