The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

and I maintained silence. I desired to talk to him, but I did not know how to begin, and thus an hour

sagreeable 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 tal