Anna was connected with this set through the Princess Betsy Tverskaya, the wife of her cousin, who had an income of Rs. 12o,ooo a year, and who, from the time Anna first appeared in Society, had particularly liked her, made much of her, and drawn her into her own set, making fun of that to which the Countess Lydia Ivanova belonged.
Ana mantenía relaciones con este círculo mediante la princesa Betsy Tverskaya, esposa de su primo hermano, mujer con ciento veinte mil rublos de renta y que, desde la primera aparición de Ana en su ambiente, la quiso, la halagó y la arrastró con ella, burlándose del círculo de la condesa Lidia Ivanovna.