He'd decided, with his characteristic impudence, to set out for the country and visit a woman he hardly knew and who'd never invited him, but with whom, according to his various sources of information, many of his intelligent and intimate friends were staying. Still, he felt timid through and through; instead of using all the apologies and greetings he'd prepared in advance, he mumbled some nonsense to the effect that Evdoksiya, that is, Kukshina, had sent him to inquire about Anna Sergeevna's health and that Arkady Nikolaevich had always sung the highest praises of...
Berez mutiria izaki, ez bat eta ez bi erabaki zuen ozta-ozta ezagutzen zuen eta bere etxera joateko gonbitik inoiz egiten ez zion emakume baten herrixkara joatea, hain buruargi eta hurkotzat zeuzkan lagun bi han zirela jakinik, baina, bertaratu orduko, hezur-muinetaraino kikildu zen eta, aldez aurretik buruz ikasiak zituen desenkusak eta konplimenduak esan ordez, halako zozokeria bat murduskatu zuen, alegia, Evdoksia Kukshinak Anna Sergeievnaren osasunaz galdetzera bidali zuela eta Arkadi Nikolaievitxek ere lausengurik handienez hitz egiten ziola beti berari buruz...