Sigh...Don't write this down, but I find Russ probably as boring as you find Russ. Mr. Russ found her boring too. She's a little bit long-winded, she doesn't translate very well into our generation, and her jokes are terrible. But that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility to read this material. She wrote us a big check after all. So the least you could do is try to at least pretend to enjoy it. Now we'll be waiting for reports from some of you afterwards. Listen, we're not joking! This is our job! Now then. Nadia's life began in 1870 in a small stable outside Madchester...