tarasska

Updated: July 10, 2025

Handing over the care of his horses to Prokor, Tarasska and Egorka, who hurried up for the purpose, he stood by the steps, took Vera in his arms, and carried her carefully and respectfully, like a precious burden, through the ranks of wide-eyed lackeys and maid-servants bearing lights, to the divan in the hall. Raisky followed, wet and dirty, without once removing his eyes from them.

Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov - The Precipice