Stepan Arkadyevitch saw immediately that things were not going well in the drawing - room without him . Darya Alexandrovna , in her best gray silk gown , obviously worried about the children , who were to have their dinner by themselves in the nursery , and by her husband ’ s absence , was not equal to the task of making the party mix without him .
Степан Аркадьич тотчас увидел, что без него в гостиной дела обстоят нехорошо. Дарья Александровна в своем лучшем сером шелковом платье, очевидно, беспокоясь о детях, которым предстояло обедать одни в детской, и об отсутствии мужа, не могла без него устроить вечеринку.
