First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev Chapter 19 Page 5

did not wonder how it was I had not guessed it before, long ago; I did not even upbraid my father� . What I had learnt was more than I could take in; this sudden revelation stunned me� . All was at an end. All the fair blossoms of my heart were roughly plucked at once, and lay about me, flung on the ground, and trampled underfoot.