The Torrents of Spring, Chapter 17

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌⁠“I will wait for the officer’s visit till ten o’clock,” he reflected next morning, as he dressed, “and then let him come and look for me!” But Germans rise early: it had not yet struck nine when the waiter informed Sanin that the Herr Seconde Lieutenant von Richter wished to see him. Sanin made haste to put on his coat, and told him to ask him up. Herr Richter turned out, contrary to Sanin’s expec