Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. Smoke (№ 270626)

Converge, for example, ten of the British, they immediately start talking about the submarine Telegraph, the tax on paper, on the method to fabricate, rat skins, that is something positive and defined; together ten Germans, well, then, of course, Schleswig-Holstein and the unity of Germany will be on stage; ten of the French come together, the conversation inevitably comes down to "strawberries", as there are neither wag; and together ten Russian, immediately raises the question of the value of the future of Russia, but in such General terms, from the eggs of Leda, unproven, desperate.