To avoid seeing anyone, she got up quickly and seated herself at the opposite window of the empty carriage.

A misshapen-looking peasant covered with dirt, in a cap from which his tangled hair stuck out all round, passed by that window, stooping down to the carriage wheels.

" There's something familiar about that hideous peasant," thought Anna.

And remembering her dream, she moved away to the opposite door, shaking with terror.

The conductor opened the door and let in a man and his wife.