Chapter 39 Section VIII

Before long, the guests returned to the living room with trays filled with delicacies.Wuwei wine was also served. "Why, Timofey, where did you get such a beautiful bowl!" exclaimed Joan. "Victor gave it to me." "But where did he get it?" "Clanton's Antique Store, I think." "My God, it must be extremely expensive." "A dollar? Ten dollars? Maybe not that much?" "Ten dollars--bullshit! I reckon it's worth at least two hundred. Look! Look at this twist on it. You know, you should show Mr. and Mrs. Cockerell. They're the best at old glass. .They have a Lake Dunmore cold water pitcher, which is nothing compared to this."

Margaret Thayer also admired it, saying that when she was a child, the pair of glass slippers worn by Cinderella were blue and green; but Professor Pnin made two points, primo: please talk about the container Is the drink in it just as good? secundo: Cinderella's shoes are actually not made of glass, but a kind of Russian squirrel leather, which is vair in French.He said it was a clear example of the survival of the fittest in the vocabulary, verre was more appealing than vair, and he also believed that the word vair was not derived from the word varius (variegated hair), but from the Slavic word veveritsa, which means Some kind of beautiful, winter light squirrel fur, slightly bluish, or sizily, dove-like color would be more appropriate - the word is derived from the Latin word, columba (dove), and some of you must be well aware of it — "So, Mrs. Thayer, you're mostly right."

"It's not a bad thing in there," Laurence Clements said. "It's a really beautiful drink," says Margaret Thayer. ("I used to think 'columbine' was the name of a flower," Thomas said to Betty, who nodded slightly.) Next, let's look back at the ages of the children.Victor is turning fifteen soon.Mrs. Thayer's eldest sister's granddaughter Erin is five years old.Isabelle was twenty-three years old and was working hard as a secretary in New York.Dr. Hagen's daughter, twenty-four, was spending a wonderful summer traveling in Bavaria and Switzerland with Doriana Karan, a movie star of the twenties and now a very kind old lady, Coming back from Europe soon.

The phone rang.Someone wanted to speak to Mrs. Sheppard.Unprepared for such matters, Pnin, who usually stutters and cannot explain why, this time with uncanny accuracy, not only mentioned Mrs. Shepherd's present address and The phone number, and also told the other party the address and phone number of her eldest son.