'You know how fond I am of you, Alexis,' she replied when she had heard him out, 'and how ready I am to do anything for you; but I have kept silent because I knew I could be of no use to you and Anna Arkadyevna.' She pronounced the formal 'Anna Arkadyevna' with peculiar precision.
–Ya sabes, Alexey, que te aprecio y estoy dispuesta a hacer por ti todo lo que sea. Pero he callado porque en nada puedo seros útil a Ana Arkadievna y a ti –pronunció «Arkadievna» con una entonación particular–.