Note 52 — PRINCESS EKATERINA ROMANOVNA DASHKOV
Constance Garnett translation
Diderot, in his extremely interesting account of his acquaintance with Princess Dashkov, speaking of this interview, adds that Catherine said to her: ‘You are either an angel or a demon.’ ‘Neither the one nor the other,’ she answered; ‘but the Empress is dying and you must be saved.’—(Author’s Note.)