She had been standing before him for several minutes, and now greeted him with suave expressement and the words, "So HERE you are, Paul Ivanovitch!" But what she said next I am not in a position to report, for she spoke in the ultra-refined tone and vein wherein ladies and gentlemen customarily express themselves in high-class novels which have been written by experts more qualified than I am to describe salons, and able to boast of some acquaintance with good society.
Jakina, gizon zentzudunaren begiekin begiraturik, argi zekusan han gertaturikoak ez zuela ez hankarik ez bururik, ergel baten hitzek ez zutela inolako eraginik izango, batez ere orain, bere zeregin nagusia behar bezala burututa zeukalarik. Baina harrigarria da gizabanakoa: