"I am ashamed of you.

Secrets indeed!" "All have secrets of their own," answered Natasha, getting warmer.

"We don't interfere with you and Berg." "I should think not," said Vera, "because there can never be anything wrong in my behavior.

But I'll just tell Mamma how you are behaving with Boris." "Natalya Ilynichna behaves very well to me," remarked Boris.

"I have nothing to complain of." "Don't, Boris! You are such a diplomat that it is really tiresome," said Natasha in a mortified voice that trembled slightly.