CHAPTER VII

"AS OTHERS SEE US"

"A Russian Agent"--"To Lure British Statesmen"--A Charming Tribute--The Press at Sea--Wild Stories--A Musical Political Agitator--"An Unofficial Ambassador"--Baron de Staal's Indifference--Prince Lobanoff's Kindness--Count Shouvaloft's Dislike of my Work--Prince Gortschakoff and the Slavs--Baron Brunow and the French Ambassador--English Sportsmanship--A Shakespeare Banquet