Excerpt from The Ambassador's Wife, Vol. 2 of 3

My event is not quite an earthquake, yet in the court circle here, it excites as much interest as if one of the lesser capitals of Europe had been swallowed up, or as if one of the great powers had committed one of those acts of littleness which great powers alone are permitted to commit with impunity. This, by the way, is a rash political ¿ight for St. Petersburg! But as I fancy my recently ac quired importance has arisen from a sally of the same wild nature, I doubt Whether I should do well to cultivate discretion.

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