Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXXVI

But the day lapsed, and there's no answer. Another came up5 nothing yet.

Pale as a shade, since morning dressed, 4 Tatiana waits: when will the answer come? Olga's adorer drove up. "Tell me, where's your companion?" was to him the question of the lady of the house 5 8 "He seems to have forgotten us entirely."

Tatiana, flushing, quivered. "He promised he would be today,"

Lenski replied to the old dame, 12 "but evidently the mail has detained him." Tatiana dropped her eyes as if she'd heard a harsh rebuke.