"You will go to Paris, I presume?"
"Yes, and to Heidelberg."
"Why to Heidelberg?"
"Because there the great Herr Bunsen[1] has his home."
Bazarov could not think of a suitable reply.
"Do you know Pierre Sapozhnikov?" continued she.
"No, I do not."
"He is always to be found at Lydia Khostatov's."
"Even with her I am not acquainted."
"Well, Sapozhnikov is going to escort me on my travels. For at least I am free—I have no children, thank God! Why I should have put in that 'Thank God!' I scarcely know."