"How glad I am you've come!" said Betsy.

" I'm tired, and was just longing to have some tea before they come.

You might go"-- she turned to Tushkevitch--"with Masha, and try the croquet ground over there where they've been cutting it.

We shall have time to talk a little over tea; we'll have a cozy chat, eh?" she said in English to Anna, with a smile, pressing the hand with which she held a parasol.

"Yes, especially as I can't stay very long with you.