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have had to admit that he would be damned, his unbelief did not

cause her unhappiness And she, confessing that for an

unbeliever there can be no salvation, and loving her husband's

soul ht with a smile of his

unbelief, and told herself that he was absurd

"What does he keep reading philosophy of some sort for all this

year?" she wondered "If it's all written in those books, he can

understand the, why does he read them? He

says himself that he would like to believe Then why is it he

doesn't believe? Surely fro solitary He's always alone, alone

He can't talk about it all to us I fancy he'll be glad of these

visitors, especially Katavasov He likes discussions with theht, and passed instantly to the consideration of where

it would be more convenient to put Katavasov, to sleep alone or

to share Sergey Ivanovitch's room And then an idea suddenly

struck her, which lanced severely at her "I do believe the laundress hasn't sent

the washing yet, and all the best sheets are in use If I don't

see to it, Agafea Mihalovna will give Sergey Ivanovitch the wrong

sheets," and at the very idea of this the blood rushed to Kitty's

face