Endnotes + 

Sledges drawn by three horses abreast. ↩ + 

One of the fashionable summer resorts near St. Petersburg. ↩ + 

One of the quarters of St. Petersburg. ↩ + 

Civil Service clerks in Russia wear uniform. ↩ + 

A character in Gogol’s comedy, The Wedding. ↩ + 

“Stone Island,” a suburb and park of St. Petersburg. ↩ + 