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"To sleep well one ought to work, and to enjoy oneself one ought

to work too."

"What am I to work for when my work is no use to anybody? And I

can't and won't knowingly make a pretense about it."

"You're incorrigible," said Stremov, not looking at her, and he

spoke again to Anna. As he rarely met Anna, he could say nothing

but commonplaces to her, but he said those commonplaces as to

when she was returning to Petersburg, and how fond Countess Lidia

Ivanovna was of her, with an expression which suggested that he

longed with his whole soul to please her and show his regard for

her and even more than that.

Tushkevitch came in, announcing that the party were awaiting the

other players to begin croquet.

"No, don't go away, please don't," pleaded Liza Merkalova,

hearing that Anna was going. Stremov joined in her entreaties.