Between language lessons (now that you know the alphabet, I'll be making posts about grammar and vocabulary), I will share a story about our cousin in the north, whom you may remember from the letter P.
To tell this story, I will introduce you to another character. Her name is Мелания (Melaniya).
Zdrast-vuy-tye! Hello! Melaniya came to St. Pet --Oops, Petrograd -- to study. Here, she met the Yozhin's cousin Николай (Nikolai).
To quote from Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, which their story will loosely follow,
Her eyes were opened and she said
"This is the one!" Ah, ever stronger,
In sultry sleep, in lonely bed,
All day, all night, his presence fills her,
By magic everything instills her
With thoughts of him in ceaseless round.
(From the translation by Charles Johnston)
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