The second instalment of the forest money had been paid and was not yet all spent. Dolly had been very nice and kind of late, and the thought of his dinner-party pleased Oblonsky in every respect.
Il denaro del compratore del legname era stato incassato alla seconda scadenza e non era ancora speso; Dolly era molto carina e buona in questi ultimi tempi, e l’idea del pranzo, sotto tutti gli aspetti, rallegrava Stepan Arkad’ic .