The ladies discussed fervently the enormous impact of the Tsar's visit to Moscow on the city, but their observations ultimately were not like those of Sir Arthur Hastings, whose energy was focused on intelligence matters all day.
The "Moscow Telecommunications" was sealed, followed by the Moscow fire, the assault on British diplomats, a series of upheavals that shook the usually complacent Moscow authorities into panic.
Tsar Nicholas I's admonition to the Moscow Government at the Kremlin was merely an appetizer; the Tsar soon let this ancient Russian capital taste the traditional Russian flavor of the iron fist.
