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"It will end sooner than you and your lover have planned! If you

must have the satisfaction of animal passion"

"Alexey Alexandrovitch! I won't say it's not generous, but it's

not like a gentleman to strike anyone who's down"

"Yes, you only think of yourself! But the sufferings of a man

as your husband have no interest for you You don't care

that his whole life is ruined, that he is thuffthuff"

Alexey Alexandrovitch was speaking so quickly that he stammered,

and was utterly unable to articulate the word "suffering" In

the end he pronounced it "thuffering" She wanted to laugh, and

was i could amuse her at such a

moment And for the first time, for an instant, she felt for

him, put herself in his place, and was sorry for him But what

could she say or do? Her head sank, and she sat silent He too

was silent for soid,

less shrill voice, enificance