| Content Description | Thanks him for his letter and memorandum, which he would otherwise have been shown by Gorchakov; there was a report that the King of Denmark had refused the proposals [regarding Schleswig-Holstein]; Gorchakov takes a pessimistic view; cannot understand the attitude of Bismarck; is glad that Lord Russell has agreed to the conference taking place in Paris; the weather had turned colder enabling skating to take place; gives court gossip about Dimitri Nesselrode, son of Count Karl Nesselrode, who had grown a black beard; he had told the Emperor that he was going to Zurich to see his son; the Emperor had asked why he did not bring up his son in Russia and Nesselrode replied that it was too expensive; for revenge, the Emperor banned beards on those being presented at court. |