In 1879 they elected as king Alexander of Battenberg, a nephew of the Tsarina and a gallant, well-meaning young man who, if he did not speak Bulgar, was sufficiently German by birth and training to be hostile to Russia.

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We started about 6 o'clock with a few tagalongs and our little group got smaller and smaller with each bar until it was just the three of us.