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<p> greater against my friend Pleshejeff who is charged with <lb/> having been the cause of what She now calls her folly.<lb/>This at least is the result of the last reports; the fact<lb/> may be much exaggerated, but at any rate the <lb/> Consequence is that the affair is entirely at an<lb/> End, and I have accordingly accepted of an offer<lb/> which Prince Potemkin made me at his return<lb/> to take me under his Orders and employ me at <lb/> Cherson. I am now impatient to be setting <lb/> off, as well because I am tired of doing <lb/> nothing, as because I wish to be out of the way<lb/>of those to whom I have given so much uneasiness<lb/> to no purpose. I now then enter into the Army<lb/> as Lieutenant Colonel with promises of speedy Promotion<lb/> and my Salary raised to 2,400 <sic>rubles</sic>; that is I am <lb/> to expect this tomorrow and tomorrow & tomorrow<lb/> in short <unclear>3 a Crapa.</unclear> What my Employment is to be<lb/> I cannot yet tell. One day He talks of my directing<lb/> the making a new Port and Dock yard <hi rend="underline">below the <lb/> Bar</hi> near Cherson, another day He talks about my <lb/>erecting windmills in the Crimea. A month<lb/> hence I may have a Regiment of Huzzars and be <lb/> sent against the <!-- space left --> or the Chinese, and then <lb/> the Command of a Ship of 100 Guns As to the </p> | |||
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greater against my friend Pleshejeff who is charged with
having been the cause of what She now calls her folly.
This at least is the result of the last reports; the fact
may be much exaggerated, but at any rate the
Consequence is that the affair is entirely at an
End, and I have accordingly accepted of an offer
which Prince Potemkin made me at his return
to take me under his Orders and employ me at
Cherson. I am now impatient to be setting
off, as well because I am tired of doing
nothing, as because I wish to be out of the way
of those to whom I have given so much uneasiness
to no purpose. I now then enter into the Army
as Lieutenant Colonel with promises of speedy Promotion
and my Salary raised to 2,400 rubles; that is I am
to expect this tomorrow and tomorrow & tomorrow
in short 3 a Crapa. What my Employment is to be
I cannot yet tell. One day He talks of my directing
the making a new Port and Dock yard below the
Bar near Cherson, another day He talks about my
erecting windmills in the Crimea. A month
hence I may have a Regiment of Huzzars and be
sent against the or the Chinese, and then
the Command of a Ship of 100 Guns As to the
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