Chekhov tells us about the great feeling of love.
Dmitry Gurov was rather strange that he, already an old man, was capable of love. Women he considered an inferior race, he was the truest ladies' man until he met Anna Sergeyevna.
This gentle woman awakened in him a sincere and strong feeling, he truly fell in love with this woman. She was a very sincere woman, the protagonist reciprocated her. After their meeting, everything changes in his mind. Everything turns upside down!