Stepan Trofimovitch's excessive readiness evidently impressed her.

Alas! he was utterly unable to grasp his position, and the question had not yet presented itself to him from certain other points of view.
On the contrary a new note was apparent in him, a sort of conquering and jaunty air.

He swaggered.
"I do like that!" he exclaimed, standing before me, and flinging wide his arms.

"Did you hear?
She wants to drive me to refusing at last.

Why, I may lose patience, too, and...