" "No, tell me why you don't want me to be often at the Petrovs'.

You don't want me to--why not?" "I didn't say that," said Varenka quietly.

"No, please tell me!" "Tell you everything?" asked Varenka.

"Everything, everything!" Kitty assented.

"Well, there's really nothing of any consequence; only that Mihail Alexeyevitch" (that was the artist's name) "had meant to leave earlier, and now he doesn't want to go away," said Varenka, smiling.