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Brett: Text replacement - "proof-read" to "proofread"

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Text replacement - "proof-read" to "proofread"

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	Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little ~~proof-reading~~, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the agreeable [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.		Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little proofreading, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the agreeable [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.

	I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.		I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.

Tony at 10:12, 20 August 2024

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	Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little ~~proofreading~~, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the agreeable [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.		Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little proof-reading, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the agreeable [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.

	I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.		I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.

Brett: Text replacement - " sympathetic " to " agreeable "

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Text replacement - " sympathetic " to " agreeable "

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	\|Translated text={{right\|{{datestyle\|''[[Rome]]''\|21 February\|5 March\|1881}}}}		\|Translated text={{right\|{{datestyle\|''[[Rome]]''\|21 February\|5 March\|1881}}}}
	Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little proofreading, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the ~~sympathetic~~ [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.		Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little proofreading, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the agreeable [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.

	I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.		I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.

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	\|Publication={{bib\|1966/44\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 41–42		\|Publication={{bib\|1966/44\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 41–42
	}}		}}
	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
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	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
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	\|Original text={{right\|{{datestyle\|''Рим''\|21 февр[аля]\|5 марта\|1881}}}}		\|Original text={{right\|{{datestyle\|''Рим''\|21 февр[аля]\|5 марта\|1881}}}}
	Милый Толя! Вчера утром в 6 часов приехал я в Рим и бы встречен Ни[колаем] Дм[итриевичем]. Кондратьевым и Сашей. Мне чрезвычайно приятно было их видеть. Нужно тебе ~~оказать~~, что день, проведённый накануне во Флоренции, я испортил себе прогулкой на ''Viale dei Colli''. Это до того сильно напомнило мне Алёшу и живо дало почувствовать, как многого в нем я лишился, что уж весь остальной день я протосковал. Для меня хороша, что я нашёл здесь Кондратьева и Сашу, т. е. людей всё-таки близких мне. Остановился в ''Hôtel Costanzi''; но в скверной комнате. Всё занято, и большое счастье, что я мог хоть эту конурку здесь получить. Рим произвёл на меня очень отрадное впечатление; оказывается, что в прошлом году я успел полюбить его гораздо сильнее, чем думал. Весь вчерашний день прогулял и даже писем не писал. Ночь провёл отлично, а сегодня уже немножко занимался корректурой и сделал визит Голицыну. Кондратьев сегодня завтракал у Льва Бобринского, и, представь себе неблагоприятное стечение обстоятельств: во время завтрака туда явился Вел[икий] кн[язь] Конст[антин] Конст[антинович], который, узнав, что я здесь, захотел меня видеть. Вследствие этого Бобринские устроили обед, на который я уже получил приглашение, и затем мне придётся ехать на виллу, где живут Вел[икие] князья и т. д. и т. д. Я очень рад буду видеть симпатичного В[еликого] К[нязя] Костю, но обед у Бобринских, за которым по следуют визиты и, может быть, другие приглашения, — пугает меня. Нечего делать! Но я очень сердит на Кондр[атьева], не сумевшего поддержать моё инкогнито. Погода стоит серенькая, но тепло как летом, и я хожу и днём и вечером не иначе, как в одном сюртуке.		Милый Толя! Вчера утром в 6 часов приехал я в Рим и бы встречен Ни[колаем] Дм[итриевичем] Кондратьевым и Сашей. Мне чрезвычайно приятно было их видеть. Нужно тебе сказать, что день, проведённый накануне во Флоренции, я испортил себе прогулкой на ''Viale dei Colli''. Это до того сильно напомнило мне Алёшу и живо дало почувствовать, как многого в нем я лишился, что уж весь остальной день я протосковал. Для меня хороша, что я нашёл здесь Кондратьева и Сашу, т. е. людей всё-таки близких мне. Остановился в ''Hôtel Costanzi''; но в скверной комнате. Всё занято, и большое счастье, что я мог хоть эту конурку здесь получить. Рим произвёл на меня очень отрадное впечатление; оказывается, что в прошлом году я успел полюбить его гораздо сильнее, чем думал. Весь вчерашний день прогулял и даже писем не писал. Ночь провёл отлично, а сегодня уже немножко занимался корректурой и сделал визит Голицыну. Кондратьев сегодня завтракал у Льва Бобринского, и, представь себе неблагоприятное стечение обстоятельств: во время завтрака туда явился Вел[икий] кн[язь] Конст[антин] Конст[антинович], который, узнав, что я здесь, захотел меня видеть. Вследствие этого Бобринские устроили обед, на который я уже получил приглашение, и затем мне придётся ехать на виллу, где живут Вел[икие] князья и т. д. и т. д. Я очень рад буду видеть симпатичного В[еликого] К[нязя] Костю, но обед у Бобринских, за которым по следуют визиты и, может быть, другие приглашения, — пугает меня. Нечего делать! Но я очень сердит на Кондр[атьева], не сумевшего поддержать моё инкогнито. Погода стоит серенькая, но тепло как летом, и я хожу и днём и вечером не иначе, как в одном сюртуке.

	Ни от кого из Вас не имею писем и очень их жажду. Что Ник[олай] Гр[игорьевич]? Как твои дела? Очень бы хотелось, чтоб, так или иначе, твоё положение определилось бы как можно точнее. Пожалуйста, Анатоша, будь ''мужчиной'' и не давай воли твоей склонности к уступкам.		Ни от кого из Вас не имею писем и очень их жажду. Что Ник[олай] Гр[игорьевич]? Как твои дела? Очень бы хотелось, чтоб, так или иначе, твоё положение определилось бы как можно точнее. Пожалуйста, Анатоша, будь ''мужчиной'' и не давай воли твоей склонности к уступкам.

	Кондратьев уговорил меня вместе с ним 1-го марта нашего стиля ехать в Неаполь на 8 дней, оттуда в ''Ниццу'' на несколько дней, потом в Париж. Я так и сделаю. В начале апреля хочу возвратиться в Каменку и копить деньги. Но я ошибался, когда говорил тебе, что проеду прямо в Каменку. Мне непременно захочется побывать в Москве и даже в Петербурге, чтобы увидеться с тобой, Модестом и Алёшей. Впрочем, точнее всё это определится потом. Кондратьев уедет в Петербург раньше меня. Адресуй мне теперь впредь до следующего указания в ~~Ницу~~: ''France, Nice, ~~Boulebard~~ de la Bouffa 16, ''à M[ada]me M. Kondratief pour remettre P. T."		Кондратьев уговорил меня вместе с ним 1-го марта нашего стиля ехать в Неаполь на 8 дней, оттуда в ''Ниццу'' на несколько дней, потом в Париж. Я так и сделаю. В начале апреля хочу возвратиться в Каменку и копить деньги. Но я ошибался, когда говорил тебе, что проеду прямо в Каменку. Мне непременно захочется побывать в Москве и даже в Петербурге, чтобы увидеться с тобой, Модестом и Алёшей. Впрочем, точнее всё это определится потом. Кондратьев уедет в Петербург раньше меня. Адресуй мне теперь впредь до следующего указания в Ниццу: ''France, Nice, Boulevard de la Bouffa 16, ''à M[ada]me M. Kondratief pour remettre P. T."

	Целую тебя, голубчик Толичка!		Целую тебя, голубчик Толичка!
	{{right\|Твой, П. Чайковский}}		{{right\|Твой, П. Чайковский}}

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			\|Translated text={{right\|{{datestyle\|''[[Rome]]''\|21 February\|5 March\|1881}}}}
			Dear [[Tolya]]! Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock I arrived in [[Rome]] and was greeted by [[Nikolay Kondratyev\|Nikolay Dmitryevich Kondratyev]] and Sasha. I was extremely pleased to see them. I need to tell you that I ruined the previous day in [[Florence]] by going for walk on the ''Viale dei Colli''. This reminded me so much of [[Alyosha]], and made me feel vividly how much of a loss he was to me, that I was miserable for the rest of the day. It's a good thing for me that I found [[Kondratyev]] and Sasha here, i.e. people who are close to me, all the same. I stayed at the ''Hôtel Costanzi'', but in a horrid room. Everywhere is taken, and I'm very lucky to at least have this kennel here. [[Rome]] made a most gratifying impression on me; it turns out that last year I became much fonder of it than I thought. I spent all yesterday walking, and didn't even write letters. I spent the night splendidly, and today I was busy with a little proofreading, and paid a visit to Golitsyn. [[Kondratyev]] had lunch with Lev Bobrinsky today, and just imagine this unfavourable turn of events: during lunch, the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] appeared, who, having learned that I was here, wanted to see me. As a result, the Bobrinskys have organised a dinner, to which I've already been invited, and then I'll have to go to the villa where the Grand Duke lives, etc. etc. I'll be very happy to see the sympathetic [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich\|Grand Duke Kostya]], but dinner at the Bobrinskys, followed by visits, and perhaps other invitations, frightens me. What's to be done! But I'm very angry with [[Kondratyev]], who failed to keep me incognito. The weather is grey, but as warm as summer, and I walk around both in the day and the evening in nothing but a frock coat.

			I've had no letters from any of you, and I'm craving them. How is [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]]? What are you doing? I should like it very much if your position would be sorted out one way or another as precisely as possible. Please, [[Anatosha]], be a ''man'' and don't let your tendency to give in prevail.

			[[Kondratyev]] has persuaded me to go with him on 1st March our style to [[Naples]] for 8 days, from there to ''[[Nice]]'' for a few days, then to [[Paris]]. And so that's what I'll be doing. At the beginning of April, I want to return to [[Kamenka]] and save money. But I was mistaken when I told you I'd be going straight to [[Kamenka]]. I definitely want to visit [[Moscow]] and even [[Petersburg]], in order to see you, [[Modest]] and [[Alyosha]]. Anyway, all this will be sorted out more precisely later. [[Kondratyev]] will be going to [[Petersburg]] before me. For now, address me as follows in [[Nice]]: ''France, Nice, Boulevard de la Bouffa 16, ''à M[ada]me M. Kondratief pour remettre P. T."

			I kiss you, golubchik [[Tolichka]]!
			{{right\|Yours, P. Tchaikovsky}}
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{{letterhead
|Date=21 February/5 March 1881
|To=[[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]
|Place=[[Rome]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 1341)
|Publication={{bib|1966/44|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том X}} (1966), p. 41–42
}}
==Text==
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|Language=Russian
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Милый Толя! Вчера утром в 6 часов приехал я в Рим и бы встречен Ни[колаем] Дм[итриевичем]. Кондратьевым и Сашей. Мне чрезвычайно приятно было их видеть. Нужно тебе оказать, что день, проведённый накануне во Флоренции, я испортил себе прогулкой на ''Viale dei Colli''. Это до того сильно напомнило мне Алёшу и живо дало почувствовать, как многого в нем я лишился, что уж весь остальной день я протосковал. Для меня хороша, что я нашёл здесь Кондратьева и Сашу, т. е. людей всё-таки близких мне. Остановился в ''Hôtel Costanzi''; но в скверной комнате. Всё занято, и большое счастье, что я мог хоть эту конурку здесь получить. Рим произвёл на меня очень отрадное впечатление; оказывается, что в прошлом году я успел полюбить его гораздо сильнее, чем думал. Весь вчерашний день прогулял и даже писем не писал. Ночь провёл отлично, а сегодня уже немножко занимался корректурой и сделал визит Голицыну. Кондратьев сегодня завтракал у Льва Бобринского, и, представь себе неблагоприятное стечение обстоятельств: во время завтрака туда явился Вел[икий] кн[язь] Конст[антин] Конст[антинович], который, узнав, что я здесь, захотел меня видеть. Вследствие этого Бобринские устроили обед, на который я уже получил приглашение, и затем мне придётся ехать на виллу, где живут Вел[икие] князья и т. д. и т. д. Я очень рад буду видеть симпатичного В[еликого] К[нязя] Костю, но обед у Бобринских, за которым по следуют визиты и, может быть, другие приглашения, — пугает меня. Нечего делать! Но я очень сердит на Кондр[атьева], не сумевшего поддержать моё инкогнито. Погода стоит серенькая, но тепло как летом, и я хожу и днём и вечером не иначе, как в одном сюртуке.

Ни от кого из Вас не имею писем и очень их жажду. Что Ник[олай] Гр[игорьевич]? Как твои дела? Очень бы хотелось, чтоб, так или иначе, твоё положение определилось бы как можно точнее. Пожалуйста, Анатоша, будь ''мужчиной'' и не давай воли твоей склонности к уступкам.

Кондратьев уговорил меня вместе с ним 1-го марта нашего стиля ехать в Неаполь на 8 дней, оттуда в ''Ниццу'' на несколько дней, потом в Париж. Я так и сделаю. В начале апреля хочу возвратиться в Каменку и копить деньги. Но я ошибался, когда говорил тебе, что проеду прямо в Каменку. Мне непременно захочется побывать в Москве и даже в Петербурге, чтобы увидеться с тобой, Модестом и Алёшей. Впрочем, точнее всё это определится потом. Кондратьев уедет в Петербург раньше меня. Адресуй мне теперь впредь до следующего указания в Ницу: ''France, Nice, Boulebard de la Bouffa 16, ''à M[ada]me M. Kondratief pour remettre P. T."

Целую тебя, голубчик Толичка!
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