Smoke Or Life at Baden a Novel Author:Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. " Pooh ! pooh! pooh! here he is! " abruptly exclaimed a shrill voice in his ear, while a heavy hand was laid upon his shoulder. He turned his hea... more »d and recognized a slight Moscovite acquaintance, a certain Bambaef, a good fellow enough, but nobody in particular. Already on his return journey, this gentleman had cheeks and a nose which looked as though they had been cooked, a rough greasy head of hair, and a body as thick and unwieldy as a beer-barrel. Always without a shilling in his pocket, and always enthusiastic about something, Eostislaf Bambaef wanderedwithout object, but not without noise, over the wide surface of our common mother, the earth. " This is what I call a meeting," he continued, opening his puffed eyes and advancing his thick lips, upon which was a miserably little dyed moustache. " This is what you call Baden! everybody comes crowding here like a lot of crickets behind a stove! What on earth brings you here ? " Bambaef was on familiar terms with the whole universe. "I have been here four days," replied Litvinof. " And where did you come from ? " " What has that to do with you ?" " What has that to do with me ! but wait a moment, perhaps you don't know who is also here? Goubaref himself in person ! He arrived from Heidelberg yesterday. You know him, of course ? " " I have heard of him." " No more ? I will take you to see him at once. Not know such a man! Here comes Vorochilof. Perhaps you don't know him? I shall have the honour of introducing you to each other. You are both scholars. He is a perfect phcenix. You must embrace each other." With these words, Bambaef turned towards a handsome young man, with a fresh and rosy face, which already had a serious expression. Litvinof rose, but dispensed with embracing the "Phcenix," who, t...« less