n-n-o-u

Updated: June 11, 2025

For my own part, I have an idea, a scheme yes, a scheme in two words, a, a " "N-n-o-u, n-n-o-u!" the bell of the monastery tolled over the tombs in languid, chilly accents.

Maksim Gorky - Through Russia

Once more over the tombs, there came floating the languid, metallic notes of "N-n-o-u! N-n-o-u!" The oily gloss on the withered grass had vanished, faded, and everything turned dull, though the air remained charged with the spring perfume of the geraniums, stocks, and narcissi which encircled some of the graves.

Maksim Gorky - Through Russia