They sat down to a table covered with an oilcloth cut in slits by penknives.

"I don't, I don't believe it!" Dolly said, trying to catch his glance that avoided her.

"One cannot disbelieve facts, Darya Alexandrovna," said he, with an emphasis on the word "facts.

" "But what has she done?" said Darya Alexandrovna.

" What precisely has she done?" "She has forsaken her duty, and deceived her husband.