The novels of Ivan Turgenev Author:Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill The elegantly dressed man advanced to Nezh- danov, and, smiling benevolently, began: 'I have already had the pleasure of meeting you and even having some ... more »conversation with you, Mr. Nezhdanov, the day before yesterday, if you remember, at the theatre., The visitor paused, as though waiting for something. Nezhdanov bent his head slightly, and flushed. 'Yes. ... I have come to see you to-day in consequence of the advertisement you have put in the papers. I should be glad to have a few words with you, if only I'm not disturbing the lady and gentlemen present'—(the visitor bowed to Mashurina, and waved a hand wearing a grey Swedish glove in the direction of Paklin and Ostrodumov)—' if I 'm not interrupting them. . . / 4 No ... why, . . ., Nezhdanov replied with some difficulty. 'My friends will excuse . . . Won't you sit down ?' The visitor gave his figure an affable bend, and politely taking hold of the back of a chair, drew it towards himself, but did not sit down— seeing that every one in the room was standing. He merely looked about him with his clear though half-closed eyes. 'Good-bye, Alexey Dmitritch,' Mashurina brought out abruptly; ' I ,11 come in later.' 1 And I,' added Ostrodumov, I too '11 come . . . later on/ Passing by the visitor as though intentionally slighting him, Mashurina took Nezhdanov's hand, shook it vigorously and walked out, without saluting any one. Ostrodumov followed her, making a quite unnecessary amount of noise with his boots, and even snorting more than once, as though to say: ' So much for you with your beaver collar!' The visitor followed them both with a civil but rather inquisitive glance; then he bent it upon Paklin, as though expecting that he too would follow the example of the two retreating guests. But Paklin, whose fa...« less