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One morning - this was about two days after the evening party described at the beginning of this story, and a week previous to the scene at which we have just assisted - One morning Lizaveta Ivanovna was seated near the window at her embroidery frame, when, happening to look out into the street, she caught sight of a young Engineer officer, standing motionless with his eyes fixed upon her window.
Однажды - это случилось два дня после вечера, описанного в начале этой повести, и за неделю перед той сценой, на которой мы остановились, однажды Лизавета Ивановна, сидя под окошком за пяльцами, нечаянно взглянула на улицу и увидела молодого инженера,
It was rumoured that he had purposely waited for the solemn occasion of a large evening party at the house of his future bride, at which he was introduced to several eminent persons, in order publicly to make known his ideas and opinions, and thereby insult the "big-wigs," and to throw over his bride as offensively as possible; and that, resisting the servants who were told off to turn him out of the house, he had seized and thrown down a magnificent china vase.
Рассказывали, будто он нарочно ждал торжественного званого вечера у родителей своей невесты, на котором он был представлен весьма многим значительным лицам, чтобы вслух и при всех заявить свой образ мыслей, обругать почтенных сановников, отказаться от своей невесты публично и с оскорблением и, сопротивляясь выводившим его слугам, разбить прекрасную китайскую вазу.
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