The two main characters of this short story awkwardly sit in silence for half an hour as one slowly eats a watermelon. This story ends with the statement "the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning." "A new face" is said to have "appeared on the embankment" at the beginning of this short story, in which the protagonist refers to women as "an inferior race." One character is married to a "lackey" of German descent named von (*) Dideritz, and is surprised when the protagonist shows up at the opening night performance of The Geisha. Dmitri Gurov begins an affair with the title character while they are both vacationing in Yalta. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov short story in which Dmitri's lover, Anna Sergeevna, is first 
The two main characters of this short story awkwardly sit in silence for half an hour as one slowly eats a watermelon. This story ends with the statement "the most complicated and difficult part was just beginning." "A new face" is said to have "appeared on the embankment" at the beginning of this short story, in which the protagonist refers to women as "an inferior race." One character is married to a "lackey" of German descent named von (*) Dideritz, and is surprised when the protagonist shows up at the opening night performance of The Geisha. Dmitri Gurov begins an affair with the title character while they are both vacationing in Yalta. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov short story in which Dmitri's lover, Anna Sergeevna, is first seen accompanied by her Pomeranian.