The Torrents Of Spring - Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich.pdf

patted him affectionately on the shoulders.
Only Emil laughed ruthlessly. _Cet âge est
sans pitié_--that age knows no
mercy--Lafontaine has said already.
Sanin tried to soothe the aged singer and
began talking to him in Italian--(he had picked
up a smattering during his last tour
there)--began talking of '_paese del Dante,
dove il si suona_.' This phrase, together with
'_Lasciate ogni speranza_,' made up the whole
stock of poetic Italian of the young tourist; but
Pantaleone was not won over by his
blandishments. Tucking his chin deeper than
ever into his cravat and sullenly rolling his
eyes, he was once more like a bird, an angry
one too,--a crow or a kite. Then Emil, with a
faint momentary blush, such as one so often
sees in spoilt children, addressing his sister,
said if she wanted to entertain their guest, she
could do nothing better than read him one of
those little comedies of Malz, that she read so
nicely. Gemma laughed, slapped her brother
on the arm, exclaimed that he 'always had such