I was reading about how the wives of “good family” in England used to ride out (late 19th, early 20th centuries) in the afternoon and leave their visiting cards at the other wives, who were out doing the same thing, and then you would answer the card by visiting the sender or inviting them to afternoon tea or an evening affair, etc. Now I have read some Russian literature and I don’t seem to notice much of this kind of thing. In Gogol and Chekhov I see a lot of entertaining but it isn’t just the wives going out, instead they stayin and supervise the servants as whole families come along and stay sometimes for two days or more. The question is, did the women also go out in horse and carriage like in England?