imperial entourage, it was necessary to play, it was necessary, we have a wonderful portfolio, gavriil romanovichome catherine's secretary, here it is, went with it to her for reports , the portfolio was filled with various papers, that is, which needed to be reported to the empress, but in my pods the portfolio was called a purse, i have... the fifth chapter of evgeny anegina was put as a bet, but not it, of course, but the fee, they paid alexander sergeevich, very well, 25 rubles in banknotes per line, but... nevertheless, luck was on his side, and he not only won, yes, but actually speaking, so to speak, remained in the plus, but when the fifth chapter was 25 rubles, we had not yet paid, yes, perhaps, yes, well, after all , alexander sergeevich was a poet, a professional, after the captain's daughter, it seems, he said that it turns out that you can feed your belly with your own pen, well, but the cards were not. that cossacks wrote under the card debt, and was also a big fan of card games, especially in his youth, when i read the complete collection of his works diaries, and we can say that t