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Updated: June 9, 2025
"Because three days ago Sir Henry received an anonymous letter bearing the postmark of 'London, E.C., enclosing correct copies of the papers which our friend Volkonski brought from Petersburg, and asking what sum he was prepared to pay to obtain repossession of the originals. On receipt of the letter," continued Goslin, "I rushed to the safe, to find the papers gone.
He attended to army affairs reluctantly, left everything to his generals, and while awaiting the Emperor's arrival led a dissipated life. Having left Petersburg on the seventh of December with his suite Count Tolstoy, Prince Volkonski, Arakcheev, and others the Emperor reached Vilna on the eleventh, and in his traveling sleigh drove straight to the castle.
You can yourself imagine the effect this news has had on me, and your silence increases my astonishment. I am sending this by Adjutant-General Prince Volkonski, to hear from you the situation of the army and the reasons that have induced you to take this melancholy decision.
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