Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XXXIII

Time was, she wrote in blood in tender maidens' albums, would call Praskovia "Polina," 4 and speak in singsong tones 5 very tight stays she wore, and knew how to pronounce a Russian n as if it were a French one, through the nose; 8 but soon all this ceased to exist5 stays, album, Princess [Alina], cahier of sentimental verselets, she forgot, began to call 14 "Akul'ka" the one-time "Selina," and finally inaugurated the quilted chamber robe and mobcap.