Princess Marusya once fell in love with the serious, businesslike doctor Toporkov, and it took her whole life for this man to one day turn away from his business and look into her eyes. Her days were already numbered. And she herself, and her love, and his attention, and their short happiness - all this is like belated flowers...
Princess Marusya once fell in love with the serious, businesslike doctor Toporkov, and it took her whole life for this man to one day turn away from his business and look into her eyes. Her days were already numbered. And she herself, and her love, and his attention, and their short happiness - all this is like belated flowers...
1969-01-01
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