Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXXIV

Now greetings come, congratulations; Tatiana thanks them all. Then, when the turn of Eugene 4 arrived, the maiden's languid air, her discomposure, lassitude, engendered pity in his soul: he bowed to her in silence, 8 but somehow the look of his eyes was wondrous tender. Whether because he verily was touched or he, coquetting, jested, 12 whether unwillfully or by free will, but tenderness this look expressed: it revived Tanya's heart.

The chairs, as they are pushed back, clatter; the crowd presses into the drawing room: thus bees out of the luscious hive 4 fly meadward in a noisy swarm. Pleased with the festive dinner, neighbor in front of neighbor wheezes; the ladies by the hearth have settled; 8 the maidens whisper in a corner; the green-baized tables are unfolded: to mettlesome cardplayers call boston and omber of the old, 12 and whist, up to the present famous: monotonous family, all sons of avid boredom.