Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXVI

Another problem I foresee: saving the honor of my native land, undoubtedly I shall have to translate 4 Tatiana's letter. She knew Russian badly, did not read our reviews, and in her native tongue expressed herself 8 with difficulty. So, she wrote in French. What's to be done about it! I repeat again; as yet a lady's love 12 has not expressed itself in Russian, as yet our proud tongue has not got accustomed to postal prose.