Note 56 — Chapter 28 Grübelei—Moscow after Exile—Pokrovskoe—The Death of Matvey—Father Ioann

Here Herzen describes how, returning late one evening after a festive supper party with his friends, he was tempted by a maidservant, who, half undressed, opened the door to him. This transgression came to the knowledge of Natalya Alexandrovna.—Note to Russian edition.