White nights / Белые ночи. Федор Достоевский

Listen; do you know what is meant by a dreamer?”

      “A dreamer! Indeed I should think I do know. I am a dreamer myself. Sometimes, as I sit by grandmother, all sorts of things come into my head. Why, when one begins dreaming one lets one’s fancy run away with one – why, I marry a Chinese Prince! … Though sometimes it is a good thing to dream! But, goodness knows! Especially when one has something to think of apart from dreams,” added the girl, this time rather seriously.

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      gay – cheerful, happy, full of fun

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      Fontanka – a river in Petersburg

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      Kamenny and Aptekarsky Islands or of the Peterhof Road – formerly the places of summer vacations of St. Petersburg citizens, now part of the city

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      Pargolovo – a resort not far from St. Petersburg