Erich Maria Remarque. Shadows in Paradise (№ 428479)

I did not take my eyes off Natasha. With a concentrated look, she stood silently in the white spotlight. And it seemed to me that in front of me was a very fragile, charming copy of a giant statue, which illuminates the raging waves of the Atlantic with its torch, a fearless woman, though not quite like her mighty prototype - a certain hybrid of Brunhilde and a wicked French tradeswoman - and a woman, rather like Diana emerging from virgin forests, warlike and invincible. But this Diana was dangerous too. Dangerous and ready to fight for her freedom.