Strange as it seemed to him when he remembered it later, it now appeared clear to him that she asked whether he was going shooting, only because she wanted to know whether he would give that pleasure to Vasenka Veslovsky, with whom he fancied she was already in love.
Per quanto in seguito gli fosse strano ricordare questo, ora gli appariva chiaro che, nel chiedergli se andava a caccia, il fatto interessava lei solo per sapere se egli avrebbe procurato questo piacere a Vasen’ka Veslovskij, del quale, secondo lui, ella era già innamorata.