"We'll soon be neighbours," announced Peredonov.
Vershina glanced quickly at Marta, who flushed slightly and looked at Peredonov with a timorous air of expectation, and then at once turned away towards the garden.
"So you're moving?" asked Vershina; "why?"
"It's too far from the gymnasia," explained Peredonov.
Vershina smiled incredulously.
It's more likely, she thought, he wants to be nearer Marta.
"But you've lived there for several years," she said.
"Yes," said Peredonov angrily. "And the landlady's a swine."
"Why?" asked Vershina, with an ambiguous smile.
Peredonov grew somewhat animated.