he smiled at her once more. "remember that today, for the last time, i am out in the air, and in the company of my fellow-men, and that in a fortnight i shall certainly be no longer in this world. so, in a way, this is my farewell to nature and to men. i am not very sentimental, but do you know, i am quite glad that all this has happened at pavlofsk, where at least one can see a green tree."