Answer:
General Zaroff had an exceedingly good
dinner in his great paneled dining hall that
evening. With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger
and half a bottle of Chambertin. Two slight
annoyances kept him from perfect enjoy
ment. One was the thought that it would be
difficult to replace Ivan; the other was that
his quarry had escaped him; of course the
American hadn't played the game,so
thought the general as he tasted his after- .
dinner liqueur. In his Iibrary he read, to
soothe himself, from the works of Marcus
Aurelius. At ten he went up to his bed-
room. He was deliciously tired, he said to
himself, as he locked himself in. There was a
little moonlight, so, before turning on his
light, he went to the window and looked
down at the courtyard. He could see the
great hounds, and he called: "Better luck an-
other time." to them. Then he switched on
the light.