Putting his elbows on the table, he bent his head on one side, thought a minute, and began to write, without pausing for a second.
He wrote without using any form of address to her, and wrote in French, making use of the plural "_vous_," which has not the same note of coldness as the corresponding Russian form.
"At our last conversation, I notified you of my intention to communicate to you my decision in regard to the subject of that conversation.
Having carefully considered everything, I am writing now with the object of fulfilling that promise.