Vladimir Nabokov. El Leonardo
Vladimir Nabokov. THE LEONARDO
They could, and went away, grinning. Gustav examined the ten-mark bill against the light and put it away in an iron money box.
Nevertheless, they did not leave their room neighbor in peace. It just maddened them that despite their having got acquainted with him, a man should remain as inaccessible as before. He avoided running into them: one had to waylay and trap him in order to glance fleetingly into his evasive eyes. Having discovered the nocturnal life of Romantovski's lamp, Anton could not bear it any longer. He crept up barefoot to the door (f