'I expect your husband has told you the reasons which make me consider it necessary to change my former relations with Anna Arkadyevna,' he said without looking in her eyes, discontentedly eyeing Shcherbatsky who was passing through the sitting-room.
— Suppongo che vostro marito vi abbia riferito le ragioni per le quali considero necessario cambiare i miei precedenti rapporti con Anna Arkad’evna — egli disse, senza guardarla negli occhi, e guardando contrariato Šcerbackij che passava per il salotto.