" "No; you don't care, perhaps, to meet Stremov? Let him and Alexey Alexandrovitch tilt at each other in the committee-- that's no affair of ours.

But in the world, he's the most amiable man I know, and a devoted croquet player.

You shall see.

And, in spite of his absurd position as Liza's lovesick swain at his age, you ought to see how he carries off the absurd position.