“It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.”
Book Two in 'The Burial', B/O
The Master and Margarita (1967)
Context: The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.
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