Vladimir Nabokov. Un jirón de vida
Vladimir Nabokov. A SLICE OF LIFE
Pavel Romanovich spoke again, this time in sibilant tones: "That stinking old bitch," he said, "she and she alone pimped them together. I always found her disgusting and didn't conceal it from Lenochka.
What a bitch! You've seen her, I think—around sixty, dyed a rich roan, fat, so fat that she looks round-backed. It's a big pity that Nicholas is out. Let him call