Note 11 — Chapter V · PETROVITCH.

It is, perhaps, scarcely probable that a man of the character and position of Petrovitch, an “old Muscovite” and a protégé of Rostopchine, would have appreciated these liberal measures. But Petrovitch is supposed to be unusually thoughtful and enlightened. Upon other points, especially upon the French war, he is made to share the usual sentiments of his class.