The date and the place are 1 December 1916, Tsarskoe Selo. Ella came from Moscow the day before. THe 2 sisters had a difficult conversation about Rasputin and the general situation. Their last contact was some congratulations of Elisaveta Feodorovna for Easter 1918, if I am not wrong.
Thanks for the date - I tried to figure it out, but with no success.
Ella : " Perhaps it would have been better if I had not come ''
Alix : (shortly and bitterly) ''Yes''.
And then they parted coldly.Their last farewell was unfair to their love that sisters shared from early childhood. Later, Ella crying said : '' She threw me out like a dog! ..Poor Nicky..Poor Russia ''. Ella wanted to open sisters' eyes, but Alix was persuaded in her opinions and very stubborn.