nothing to do about it, but it would have been better otherwise.

And Andrey Vassilievitch! Whatever put it into Anna Mihailovna's head to send him! He's a tiresome little man--I've known him earlier in Petrograd! He's on my nerves already with his chatter.
No, it's too bad.

What can he do with us ?" "He has a very good business head," I said.

"And he's not really a bad little man.

And he's very anxious to do everything." "Ah, I know those people who are 'anxious to do everything.'...