Princess Mary and the old prince each bore and hid their grief in their own way.

The old prince would not cherish any hope: he made up his mind that Prince Andrew had been killed, and though he sent an official to Austria to seek for traces of his son, he ordered a monument from Moscow which he intended to erect in his own garden to his memory, and he told everybody that his son had been killed.

He tried not to change his former way of life, but his strength failed him.

He walked less, ate less, slept less, and became weaker every day.

Princess Mary hoped.