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But, before Alexey Alexandrovitch had ti not at all as he had

expected He groaned and sank into an ar?" cried

Oblonsky, and his suffering was apparent in his face

"It is so"

"Excuse me, I can't, I can't believe it!"

Alexey Alexandrovitch sat down, feeling that his words had not

had the effect he anticipated, and that it would be unavoidable

for him to explain his position, and that, whatever explanations

he ht make, his relations with his brother-in-laould reht to the painful necessity of seeking a

divorce," he said

"I will say one thing, Alexey Alexandrovitch I know you for an

excellent, upright e ood, an excellent woman; and so, excuse

," said

he

"Oh, if it were !"

"Pardon, I understand," interposed Stepan Arkadyevitch "But of

course One thing: you must not act in haste Youin haste," Alexey Alexandrovitch said coldly,

"but one cannot ask advice of anyone in such a matter I have

quite made up my mind"