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The dresses had to be altered so that they could not be

recognized, and they ought to have been ready three days before.

It appeared that two dresses had not been done at all, while the

other one had not been altered as Anna had intended. The

dressmaker came to explain, declaring that it would be better as

she had done it, and Anna was so furious that she felt ashamed

when she thought of it afterwards. To regain her serenity

completely she went into the nursery, and spent the whole evening

with her son, put him to bed herself, signed him with the cross,

and tucked him up. She was glad she had not gone out anywhere,

and had spent the evening so well. She felt so light-hearted and

serene, she saw so clearly that all that had seemed to her so

important on her railway journey was only one of the common

trivial incidents of fashionable life, and that she had no reason

to feel ashamed before anyone else or before herself.