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The views of the prince and of the princess on life abroad were

completely opposed. The princess thought everything delightful,

and in spite of her established position in Russian society, she

tried abroad to be like a European fashionable lady, which she

was not-for the simple reason that she was a typical Russian

gentlewoman; and so she was affected, which did not altogether

suit her. The prince, on the contrary, thought everything foreign

detestable, got sick of European life, kept to his Russian

habits, and purposely tried to show himself abroad less European

than he was in reality.