The Lady with the Dog Reputation Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph). We used Constance Garnett's translation.

Quote #7

She glanced at him and turned pale, then glanced again with horror, unable to believe her eyes, and tightly gripped the fan and the lorgnette in her hands, evidently struggling with herself not to faint. Both were silent. She was sitting, he was standing, frightened by her confusion and not venturing to sit down beside her. The violins and the flute began tuning up. He felt suddenly frightened; it seemed as though all the people in the boxes were looking at them. (3.30)

Notice that Gurov doesn't feel the shame of their affair until Anna reminds him of it.

Quote #8

And Anna Sergeyevna began coming to see him in Moscow. Once in two or three months she left S., telling her husband that she was going to consult a doctor about an internal complaint – and her husband believed her, and did not believe her. (4.1)

It's interesting how details like this – or the reaction of Gurov's wife, for example – are completely glossed over. It's as though they just don't matter to the two lovers.