Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXVI

Here was […], who had gained distinction by the baseness of his soul and blunted in all albums, 4 Saint-P[riest], your pencils; in the doorway another ball dictator stood like a fashion plate, as rosy as a Palm Week cherub, 8 tight-coated, mute and motionless; and a far-flung traveler, an overstarched jackanapes, provoked a smile among the guests i 2 by his studied deportment, and an exchange of silent glances was his universal condemnation.