So the grand duchess wants to show him a new helmet.
The grand duchess tells him to hand her the helmet - he won't do it.
He tears it away, hands it to the grand duchess.
His own father wanted him to look high-up for a wife, such as a Russian grand duchess.
"I just got nervous," said a grand duchess trying to decide how to hold her train.
Then, as the bodies were taken away, two of the grand duchesses moved.
Soloviev was helped by young women who pretended to be one of the grand duchesses to help trick the families.
She was considered the most beautiful of the four grand duchesses by many courtiers.
The major stumbling block in the whole business turned out to be Dellon's mother, the grand duchess.
She once refused to permit the four grand duchesses to put on a play because it contained the word "stockings."
