'Not going?' said Petrov, flushing and immediately beginning to cough and looking round for his wife. 'Annetta, Annetta!' he said loudly, and the veins in his white neck protruded like thick cords.
Már hogyne akartam volna! - mondotta Petrov elpirulva és köhécselve, miközben a szemeivel a feleségét kereste. - Aneta, Aneta! - szólott hangosan, s vékony, fehér nyakán, mint a zsineg, kidülledtek a vastag erek.