IV + 

“Say, of the two which was Tattiana?” + 

“She who with melancholy face + 

And silent as the maid Svetlana + 

Hard by the window took her place.”⁠— + 

“The younger, you’re in love with her!” + 

“Well!”⁠—“I the elder should prefer, + 

Were I like you a bard by trade⁠— + 

In Olga’s face no life’s displayed. + 

’Tis a Madonna of Vandyk, + 

An oval countenance and pink, + 

Yon silly moon upon the brink + 

Of the horizon she is like!”⁠— + 

Vladimir something curtly said + 

Nor further comment that night made. + 