“They are delightful––all of them,” he said. “Your blond goddess yonder is rather overpowering, but beautiful to gaze upon.”
“And Vanya?”
“Charming; astonishing.”
“Lovable,” she said.
“He seems so.”
“And––Marya?”
“Rather bewildering,” he replied. “Fascinating, I should say. Is she very learned?”
“I don’t know.”
“She’s been in the universities.”
“Yes.... I don’t know how learned she is.”