Is It Permissible to Stare So, Had Unknown Young Ladies?

Four young men were close around her, and she was slapping them by turns on the forehead with those small gray flowers. There was something so fascinating, imperious, caressing, mocking, and charming, that I thought have given everything in the world and the spot. My gun slipped onto the grass. After a rest I brushed my hair, washed and went downstairs to tea. The image of the young girl floated before me. Three times on one leg, palmated by hair, got into bed and slept like a top all night. Before morning I woke up for an instant, raised my head, looked round me in ecstasy and fell asleep again.