Teffi - 'Sobaka' - 'Vot tak Garri!'

[Edward Dumanis]

I am sorry to disagree with many of those who responded.
The irony is not obvious at all.
It could be possible but it would not follow just from the quoted excerpt.
Leaving it alone, it would sound rather as admiration than irony.

Edward Dumanis

2010/7/25 Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>:
> Dear all,
>
> The narrator in this story is talking about a long-ago incident in her life,
> around 1919, when she was infatuated with a vile man called Harry.  It will
> eventually emerge that he has been working for the Cheka.
>
> But in these lines she is talking about a time before she learned this.
>
> Я была тронута Гарриной добротой.
> -- Гарри, разве вам не было бы страшно прятать у себя белого офицера? Он
> чуть-чуть покраснел.
> -- Пустяки! -- пробормотал он. -- Если встретите его снова, непременно --
> слышите? -- непременно позовите к себе.
> Вот так Гарри! Способен на подвиг. Даже больше того -- ищет подвига.
>
> Am I correct in hearing the whole of the last line as ironical in tone, i.e.
> imbued with an irony that springs from what she eventually learned about
> him?  Something like:
>
> Harry was a fine fellow.  Capable of heroism.  Even going out of his way to
> display heroism.
>
> Vsego dobrogo,
>
> Robert
>
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