other's features and to say what was necessary in such a way as

But as each one tried to be heard by the one he was talking to,

and his neighbour tried to do the same, they did their best to

drown each other's voices' and that was the cause of the din and

shouting which struck Nekhludoff when he first came in. It was

impossible to understand what was being said and what were the

relations between the different people. Next Nekhludoff an old

woman with a kerchief on her head stood trembling, her chin