The Torrents of Spring, Chapter 26

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠At eight o’clock next morning, Emil arrived at Sanin’s hotel leading Tartaglia by a string. Had he sprung of German parentage, he could not have shown greater practicality. He had told a lie at home; he had said he was going for a walk with Sanin till lunch-time, and then going to the shop. While Sanin was dressing, Emil began to talk to him, rather hesitatingly, it is true, about Gemma, about her