"The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov:
It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had been at Yalta for two weeks, and had got accustomed to the sight of the common crowd of Yalta people, was sitting in a pavilion at the upper end of the sea-front, sipping a cold drink.
A young woman with a white Pomeranian dog was walking along the sea-front, as though she owned the place. She was not dressed like the other visitors to Yalta; her dress was very simple, and her hat was not flashy.
Gurov watched her with interest, and his thoughts were like this: "If she is here alone without her husband or her friends, it would be quite possible to make her acquaintance."
He sent his drink away, and walked along the sea-front towards the young woman. As he walked, he watched her, and he noticed that she was not as young as he had thought at first. Her face was not pretty, but it was interesting.
When he reached the young woman, he took off his hat, and said: "May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"
The young woman looked at him with a serious face, and said: "I am Anna Sergeevna von Volken."
Gurov was surprised, and he did not know what to say.
Anna Sergeevna walked on, and Gurov walked beside her. They walked along the sea-front, and then they walked through the park.
As they walked, they talked. Gurov learned that Anna Sergeevna was a married woman, and that she was at Yalta without her husband.
Gurov and Anna Sergeevna spent the rest of the day together. They walked, they talked, and they got to know each other.
As the sun began to set, Gurov and Anna Sergeevna said goodbye to each other. Gurov promised to meet her the next day.
Gurov and Anna Sergeevna met every day. They walked, they talked, and they got to know each other better.
As the days passed, Gurov and Anna Sergeevna fell in love. They did not say anything to each other, but they both knew that they were in love.
One day, Gurov had to leave Yalta. He said goodbye to Anna Sergeevna, and he promised to write to her.
Gurov returned to Moscow, and he began to work again. But he could not forget Anna Sergeevna. He wrote to her, and she wrote back to him.
Gurov and Anna Sergeevna continued to write to each other. They wrote about their love, and they wrote about their lives.
But their love was not happy. Gurov was married, and Anna Sergeevna was married too. They knew that they could not be together.
One day, Anna Sergeevna came to Moscow. She met Gurov, and they spent the day together.
As the day came to an end, Gurov and Anna Sergeevna said goodbye to each other. They knew that they would never be happy together.
Gurov watched Anna Sergeevna as she walked away. He knew that he would never forget her.
And so, Gurov and Anna Sergeevna's love story came to an end. They knew that they would never be happy together, but they also knew that they would never forget each other.
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