Vladimir Nabokov. El reencuentro
Vladimir Nabokov. THE REUNION
(Maybe the water was just about to boil? No. Barely tepid.)
"Nonsense. To be frank, I'm not a great lover of tea. You read a lot, don't you?"
(Should he go downstairs to the pub and get some beer? Not enough money and no credit there. Damn it, he'd blown it all on the candy and the tree.)
"Yes, I do read," he said aloud. "What a shame, what a damn shame. If only the landlady..."
"Forget it," said Serafim, "we'll do without. So that's how it is. Yes. And how are things in general? How's your health? Feeling all right? One's health is the main thing. As for me,