"Staidly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... carpet and smiling sweetly, brought in tea and jam on a tray, only then did Ivan Ivanich begin his story, and it was as though he was being listened to not only by Bourkin and Aliokhin, but also by the old and young ladies and the officer who looked down so staidly and tranquilly from ...
— The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories • Anton Tchekoff |
