TheCzarinaalsocaressedmeagooddeal。TheQueen[Mamma]andsheplacedthemselvesunderthedais，eachinanarm—chair\"ofproperdignity；\"IwasattheQueen’sside，andthePrincessesoftheBlood，\"Margravinesabovespokenof，\"wereoppositetoher，\"——
allinastandingposture，asisproper。
\"TheCzarinawasalittlestumpybody，verybrown，andhadneitherairnorgrace:youneededonlylookather，toguessherlowextraction。\"Itisnosecret，shehadbeenakitchen—wenchinherLithuaniannativecountry；afterwardsafemaleofthekindcalledunfortunate，underseveralfigures:however，shesavedtheCzaronce，byherready—witandcourage，fromadevouringTurkishDifficulty，andhemadeherfortunateandaCzarina，tositunderthedaisasnow。\"Withherhuddleofclothes，shelookedforalltheworldlikeaGermanPlay—actress；herdress，youwouldhavesaid，hadbeenboughtatasecond—handshop；allwasoutoffashion，allwasloadedwithsilverandgreasydirt。Thefrontofherbodiceshehadornamentedwithjewelsinaverysingularpattern:Adouble—eagleinembroidery，andtheplumesofitsetwithpoorlittlediamonds，ofthesmallestpossiblecarat，andveryillmounted。AllalongthefacingofhergownwereOrdersandlittlethingsofmetal；adozenOrders，andasmanyPortraitsofsaints，ofrelicsandthelike；sothatwhenshewalked，itwaswithajingling，asifyouheardamulewithbellstoitsharness。\"——PoorlittleCzarina；shiftynutbrownfellow—creature，strangelychasedaboutfromthebottomtothetopofthisworld；itisevidentshedoesnotsucceedatQueenSophieDorothee’sCourt！——
\"TheCzar，ontheotherhand，wasverytall，andmightbecalledhandsome，\"continuesWilhelmina:\"hiscountenancewasbeautiful，buthadsomethingofsavageinitwhichputyouinfear。\"PartlyakindofMilton’s—Devilphysiognomy？ThePortraitsgiveitratherso。Archangelnotquiteruined，yetinsadlyruinouscondition；
itsheroismsobemired，——withaturnforstrongdrink，too，attimes！Aphysiognomytomakeonereflect。\"Hisdresswasofsailorfashion，coat，altogetherplain。\"