implementation. If he left, there was a real chance Arafat

continually putting on his plate, to avoid hurting her feelings. He

watched Sonia intently. But Sonia became more and more anxious and

distressed; she, too, foresaw that the dinner would not end peaceably,

and saw with terror Katerina Ivanovna's growing irritation. She knew

that she, Sonia, was the chief reason for the 'genteel' ladies'

contemptuous treatment of Katerina Ivanovna's invitation. She had

heard from Amalia Ivanovna that the mother was positively offended

at the invitation and had asked the question: "how could she let her