Dominik was barred from the palace and lost his stipend from the palace. At the age of fifteen, Nikolai was caught by Vasily coming back from the countryside. Nikolai also learned the realities of Dominik's position as a commoner with a special position at the Grand Palace. At the age of twelve, Nikolai began sneaking out to the countryside where he helped out on Dominik's family farm.
From then on, he was well behaved.ĭominik and Nikolai's friendship grew as they studied together into adolescence. The next day, Nikolai apologized to Dominik and pledged to do better.
Mitkin explained that this punishment method would continue every time Nikolai misbehaved. When Mitkin lifted his hat to find the mouse beneath it, he lashed Dominik's forearms and hands ten times. In the first class with Dominik, Nikolai placed a mouse under Mitkin's hat to scare him. Because Nikolai could not be punished directly, Dominik was brought to the class to use as a punishment device. However, Vasily paid little attention to his younger brother, so Nikolai continued to misbehave.Īt age nine, Nikolai was pranking Tutor Mitkin regularly. Nikolai favored Vasily's attention the most and tried to emulate his brother in everyway to garner a smile or praise. Nannies, tutors, servants, and even his mother tried to get him to keep still but none of their methods worked.
He was surrounded by an army of nannies and was a constant troublemaker. Nikolai grew up at court and craved attention.
0 kommentar(er)
