“ Oh, I assure you I've lots of time, my time is entirely my own! ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot (1874). copy citation
| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Source | The Idiot |
| Topic | time availability |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Eva Martin |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2638/2638-h/2638-h.htm |
Context
“«Do you know, prince,» he said, in quite a different tone, «I do not know you at all, yet, and after all, Elizabetha Prokofievna would very likely be pleased to have a peep at a man of her own name. Wait a little, if you don't mind, and if you have time to spare?»
«Oh, I assure you I've lots of time, my time is entirely my own!» And the prince immediately replaced his soft, round hat on the table. «I confess, I thought Elizabetha Prokofievna would very likely remember that I had written her a letter. Just now your servant—outside there—was dreadfully suspicious that I had come to beg of you.” source
«Oh, I assure you I've lots of time, my time is entirely my own!» And the prince immediately replaced his soft, round hat on the table. «I confess, I thought Elizabetha Prokofievna would very likely remember that I had written her a letter. Just now your servant—outside there—was dreadfully suspicious that I had come to beg of you.” source
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