Yet even without looking in the glass she thought it might not be too late even now. She remembered Koznyshev, who was particularly amiable to her; Steve's friend the good-natured Turovtsin, who had helped her nurse her children when they had scarlet fever and who was in love with her; and then there was a very young man who considered – so her husband told her as a joke – that she was the handsomest of the three sisters.
Ma pur senza guardarsi nello specchio, pensava che, adesso, era troppo tardi; e ricordò Sergej Ivanovic, particolarmente gentile con lei, un amico di Stiva, il buon Turovcyn che insieme con lei aveva curato i bambini durante la scarlattina e s’era innamorato di lei. E c’era stato anche un uomo proprio giovane che, come aveva detto scherzando il marito, riteneva ch’ella fosse la più bella delle sorelle.