appeared to have taken a fancy to me. I was alone from to Chelabinsk, when a gentleman put his head thro' the curtains, & said (illegible text) 'you, I know you & came in. He was a Pole whom I had met 2 or 3 times before. He sat on the opposite berth & said "gut"; he knew little more than that of German, & I said "ochen kariosho" which in Russ is very good, & he took up his quarters with me, & seemed very happy. He was full of anticipation of meeting "liebe Frau", in Moscow. He wore a fur coat, worth £25 & had his violin, & he played for me several times—We also had meals together, & tho' he only spoke Russian he seemed happy, & shook hands many times. He had a purse full of English (illegible text), which he said were better than Russian money.
We reached here 5 hours late, at 6.15(illegible text) p.m. last night, & I wired you & Sir Alfred today. I had working & re-packing to see to, & did not get out until 11 a.m to-day.
