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title: "The Queen of Spades · Пиковая дама"
author: "Alexander Pushkin"
translator: "T. Keane"
title_ru: "Пиковая дама"
author_ru: "Александр Пушкин"
languages: [ru, en]
shelf: "Literature"
section: 7 of 7
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pushkin-the-queen-of-spades/7/
cite: "Alexander Pushkin, tr. T. Keane, The Queen of Spades · Пиковая дама, section 7. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pushkin-the-queen-of-spades/7/"
---

# The Queen of Spades · Пиковая дама

*Alexander Pushkin, tr. T. Keane*

Russian: Пиковая дама, Александр Пушкин

Three cards, an old countess and a young engineer who will do anything for her secret: Pushkin’s tale of gambling and madness, with Mérimée’s French.

> English: the chapter epigraphs, which T. Keane did not translate, are a Laurentium Cultural Industries project translation (24 October 2026).

## 7. Conclusion · Заключение

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pushkin-the-queen-of-spades/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pushkin-the-queen-of-spades/7/#p-N

[¶0] *       *       *       *       * Hermann went out 01 ms mind, and is now confined in room Number 17 of the Oboukhoff Hospital. He never answers any questions, but he constantly mutters with unusual rapidity: “Three, seven, ace! Three, seven, queen!”

> Russian: Германн сошел с ума. Он сидит в Обуховской больнице в 17 нумере, не отвечает ни на какие вопросы, и бормочет необыкновенно скоро: — Тройка, семерка, туз! Тройка, семерка, дама!..

[¶1] Lizaveta Ivanovna has married a very amiable young man, a son of the former steward of the old Countess. He is in the service of the State somewhere, and is in receipt of a good income. Lizaveta is also supporting a poor relative.

> Russian: Лизавета Ивановна вышла замуж за очень любезного молодого человека; он где-то служит и имеет порядочное состояние: он сын бывшего управителя у старой графини. У Лизаветы Ивановны воспитывается бедная родственница.

[¶2] Tomsky has been promoted to the rank of captain, and has become the husband of the Princess Pauline.

> Russian: Томский произведен в ротмистры и женится на княжне Полине.