The Torrents of Spring, Chapter 35

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​⁠The free and easy deportment of Madame Polozov would probably for the first moment have disconcerted Sanin—though he was not quite a novice and had knocked about the world a little—if he had not again seen in this very freedom and familiarity a good omen for his undertaking. “We must humour this rich lady’s caprices,” he decided inwardly; and as unconstrainedly as she had questioned him he answere