Go and sit down, drink your coffee, and please don't be afraid of me, my dear, don't worry yourself.

I am beginning to understand you." _"Chere amie..."_ Stepan Trofimovitch ventured again.
"Ach, Stepan Trofimovitch, it's bewildering enough without you.

You might at least spare me....

Please ring that bell there, near you, to the maid's room." A silence followed.

Her eyes strayed irritably and suspiciously over all our faces.