“In all the social relations which I had during the three years of my work in Norway, I never once experienced the least trace of aversion or mistrust against woman's {{w|capabilities}}. To be sure, the healthy, democratic spirit of the {{w|Norwegian people}} greatly contributed to this. Thus the fact is to be confirmed that my work as official Russian representative in Norway was never, and in no wise, made difficult for the reason that I belonged "to the weaker sex."”