Note 100 — SECTION TWO RUSSIAN SHADOWS (continued 2)

Baroness Malwida von Meysenbug, authoress of Memoirs of an Idealist, was a great friend of Wagner, and also of Nietzsche, whom she cared for at times with motherly kindness. At this date she was living in Herzen’s house as the governess of his children, the youngest of whom, Olga, remained in her charge for many years.—(Translator’s Note.)