Vladimir Nabokov. La aguja del almirantazgo
Vladimir Nabokov. THE ADMIRALTY SPIRE
The sight of my handwriting may surprise you —but I shall refrain from closing, as Apukhtin does, with the invitation:
The sea awaits you here, as vast as love And love, vast as the seal —I shall refrain, because, in the first place, there is no sea here, and, in the second, I have not the least desire to see you. For, after your hook, Katya, I am afraid of you. Truly there was no point in rejoicing and suffering as we rejoiced and suffered only to find one's past be-smirched