| The name of one of these was Claudius, who arrogated to himself elderdom over the others, though they by no means allowed his claim of superiority, hut quarrelled with him. |
| The weight of elderdom in our family was like a drapery to be taken for granted. In which anyone could at times gratefully hide. |
| Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom. |
| Hence the popular belief that elderdom was most of all at home on Russian soil. |
