[The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoi]@TWC D-Link bookThe Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories CHAPTER III 2/3
He remained thus for a minute. "Is it disagreeable to you to remain with me, now that you know who I am ?" "Oh, no." "You have no desire to sleep ?" "Not at all." "Then do you want me to tell you the story of my life ?" Just then the conductor passed.
He followed him with an ill-natured look, and did not begin until he had gone again.
Then during all the rest of the story he did not stop once.
Even the new travellers as they entered did not stop him. His face, while he was talking, changed several times so completely that it bore positively no resemblance to itself as it had appeared just before.
His eyes, his mouth, his moustache, and even his beard, all were new.
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