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The first idea of this story was formed during the begin ning of 1882, at St Petersburg, and it has been the aim of the authors to keep, in the main, to the original plan of the tale, and attempt to present a picture of life as it might have been in the early years of the reign of Alexander III. This will account for the prominence given to the Terror ist secret societies, which were at that time active and formidable; it will also account for some descriptions of localities and of customs, which represent the past rather than the present. Russia has changed much in twenty years, especially as regards her cosmopolitan capital. Even rubber tyres, which were once the luxuries of the private carriage owner, are now the commonplaces of the hired droschky; and a People's Garden cheers (but not inebri ates) the Russian workman with light refreshment and recreation on Peter's Island.
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