Collage 585

On these pages we have one of the last of the society evenings. Nikolai is in high form, flirting: "Nikolai, with a smile that never left his face, slightly curved in an armchair, sat bending closely over the blonde, paying her mythological compliments."

Lucy Arrington
from page 425-426, volume 2 of original text
collage, copper leaf, acrylic paint, ink
made 6/25/11
Pevear/Volokhonsky translation page 946-948