But it was very difficult for him not to say more, to tell her nothing but that.

He opened his mouth to tell her she had behaved unbecomingly, but he could not help saying something utterly different.

"What an inclination we all have, though, for these cruel spectacles," he said.

" I observe..." "Eh? I don't understand," said Anna contemptuously.

He was offended, and at once began to say what he had meant to say.