XXXVII + 

The weary way still incomplete, + 

An hour passed by⁠—another⁠—till, + 

Near Khariton’s in a side street + 

The coach before a house stood still. + 

At an old aunt’s they had arrived + 

Who had for four long years survived + 

An invalid from lung complaint. + 

A Kalmuck gray, in caftan rent + 

And spectacles, his knitting staid + 

And the saloon threw open wide; + 

The princess from the sofa cried + 

And the newcomers welcome bade. + 

The two old ladies then embraced + 

And exclamations interlaced. + 