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Alexey Alexandrovitch was, however, so perturbed that he did not

iood sense of adultery by mutual

consent, and his eyes expressed this uncertainty; but the lawyer

pro together--here you have a fact And

if both are agreed about it, the details and formalities become a

matter of no importance And at the same time this is the

simplest and most certain method"

Alexey Alexandrovitch fully understood now But he had religious

scruples, which hindered the execution of such a plan

"That is out of the question in the present case," he said

"Only one alternative is possible: undesigned detection,

supported by letters which I have"

At the ave

utterance to a thin little compassionate and contean, "cases of that kind are, as you are

aware, under ecclesiastical jurisdiction; the reverend fathers

are fond of going into the minutest details in cases of that

kind," he said with a smile, which betrayed his sympathy with the

reverend fathers' taste "Letters may, of course, be a partial