Aue, ko te whakautu a nga wahine he whakamataku, he kore atawhai! He rawakore te tangata i awhina, i te pohehe ranei i te wahine ... Ko Nikolai Baskov, i te mea e tangi ana, ka roimata ana putea koura, ka mohio ko tana mahi ki a Wikitoria Lopyreva i mahue te whai waahi ki te marena i te whakawehi a Lena Lenin.
No te marena o Baskov, ko Len Lenina te nui o te moni mo te hokohoko
He aha te mahi a te wahine i tana wa e aroha ana ki a ia? He tika, he whakarereketanga o te ahua me te whakapau moni ki a ia ano. Kihai a Lena Lenina i timata ki te whakarereke i tona ahua, engari kua kaha ia ki te whakapau moni.I tino mamae a Nikolai Baskov mo te mea e marena ana a ia ki a Lopyreva ((Ko taku hiahia mo ia)) I muri i nga mea katoa, e mohio ana ia kahore he tangata e pai ana ki a ia i te huarahi e mahia ai e ahau)) I tua atu, ((Kaore ahau e haurangi, no te mea e kore ahau e inu, engari ka taea e au te tarai i te pouri i tetahi atu ara: I hokona mai e ahau he paihere o nga koti huu hou i roto i toku ngakau
I whakawakia i te mowhiti o te utu utu nui, i mohio ai a Basque, he kirika aroha, i etahi tauira, me te whakaatu i nga whakakai e toru i te koura parakore mai i te whare whakapaipai Darvol me te 285 (!) He mea hanga ki nga taimana o te wai tino ma! Ka awhina ahau ki a Kolenka kia pai rawa ake, ka whakakorea e te tauira (((I konei, he aha te rereketanga i waenganui i nga waewae roa)).