Why does Chekhov choose to depict these two people meeting each other but not much more? Why does he limit his story in this way? – Anton Chekhov

Chekhov chose to depict these two people meeting each other but not much more because he wants to show the line of thought in which one goes about these emotions and approaches someone based on attraction. For a setting such as Yalta, a resort town, in which people come on vacation and let loose, Chekhov probably wants to show the impact of setting and mere beginnings. He also shows a change in their acquaintance after spending time together: “Then both continued eating in silence, like strangers, but after dinner they walked side by side; and there sprang up between them the light jesting conversation of people who are free and satisfied, to whom it does not matter where they go or what they talk about.” I think the author limits his story in this way because it keeps it interesting just as in human interaction, the more you leave unknown the more interested someone becomes. In a way, he’s showing an example of human interaction in the most finest and purest for in which there is no underlying desire but companionship.