When Nadyezhda vacated her own home for a trip abroad she asked Tschaikovsky to visit it in her absence,to go over the books and to inspect her paintings,so that when s he re turned she world feel the atmosphere pervaded by his personality.

• 娜蒂契达趁着到国外旅行空出她自己的住房之际，邀请柴可夫斯基在她外出期间住到这里来，翻阅她的书籍，参观她的藏画，好让她回来时能在隐隐之中到处感觉到他的存在。