XXXIX + 

The tea, as I remarked, appeared, + 

But scarce had maids their saucers ta’en + 

When in the grand saloon was heard + 

Of bassoons and of flutes the strain. + 

His soul by crash of music fired, + 

His tea with rum no more desired, + 

The Paris of those country parts + 

To Olga Petoushkova darts: + 

To Tania Lenski; Kharlikova, + 

A marriageable maid matured, + 

The poet from Tamboff secured, + 

Bouyànoff whisked off Poustiakova. + 

All to the grand saloon are gone⁠— + 

The ball in all its splendour shone. + 