Page 225: I really do love the book. Is it b/c I appreciate what Oscar has destroyed? I do not think so! I promise - this is my last quote:"We spent several days in the convent..... In the refectory sttod long tables with stools placed around them. In the centre of the room, standing at a praying...
Some icicles were hanging from an iron pipe. I broke one off and, although warned by my schoolfriends, continued sucking it until I reached the house. By the late evening I was very ill and was put to bed. Dedushka came in and after examining me I heard him say to Mother: “No, Nellinka, this is n...