"'Nothing,'" he put in with a subtle smile, "that's the very best way.

I told you long ago," he said, turning to Liza Merkalova, "that if you don't want to be bored, you mustn't think you're going to be bored.

It's just as you mustn't be afraid of not being able to fall asleep, if you're afraid of sleeplessness.

That's just what Anna Arkadyevna has just said.

" "I should be very glad if I had said it, for it's not only clever but true," said Anna, smiling.