He pulled his whiskers to cover the yawn, and shook himself together.

But soon after he became aware that he was dropping asleep and on the very point of snoring.

He recovered himself at the very moment when the voice of Countess Lidia Ivanovna was saying "he's asleep.

" Stepan Arkadyevitch started with dismay, feeling guilty and caught.

But he was reassured at once by seeing that the words "he's asleep" referred not to him, but to Landau.