Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XVII

"I can't sleep, nurse: 'tis here so stuffy!

Open the window and sit down by me." "Why, Tanya, what's the matter with you?" "I 4 Let's talk about old days." [am dull. "Well, what about them, Tanya? Time was, I stored in my memory no dearth of ancient haps and never-haps 8 about dire sprites and about maidens 5 but everything to me is dark now, Tanya: I have forgotten what I knew. Yes, things have come now to a sorry pass! 11 I'm all befuddled." "Nurse, tell me about your old times. Were you then in love?"