Но скоро все перевелось;
Корсет, Альбом, княжну Алину,
Стишков чувствительных тетрадь
Она забыла; стала звать
Акулькой прежнюю Селину
И обновила наконец
На вате шлафор и чепец.
XXXIV
Но муж любил ее сердечно,
В ее затеи не входил,
Во всем ей веровал беспечно,
А сам в халате ел и пил;
Покойно жизнь его катилась;
Под вечер иногда сходилась
Соседей добрая семья,
Нецеремонные друзья,
И потужить и позлословить
И посмеяться кой о чем.
Проходит время; между тем
Прикажут Ольге чай готовить,
Там ужин, там и спать пора,
И гости едут со двора.
XXXIII
It happened that instead of ink
She by her blood the albums signed,
She named Praskov’ya Paulin,
And spoke singsong and deeply sighed;
She wore the corsets fitted tight
And Russian N in French did write;
When saying words, she nasalized;
But soon all that was finalized;
The corset, Album and Alina,
A copybook with touching rhymes
She had forsaken in past times,
Backed to Akul’ka from Selina
And finally decided that
It’s time to change the robe and hat.
XXXIV
The husband loved the sweetheart deeply,
Didn’t pay attention to her deals,
And trusting to the wife completely
In an old robe appeared to meals.
His life in calm and peace was streaming:
Sometimes, before the coming evening
Informal family of guests
In manor-house congregates
To mourn, to laugh, to title tattle
About passed and current life,
And when in parlor clock chimes five,
To order Olga tea, and later