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"And how is she?"

Korney in hisapron ran downstairs

"Very ill," he answered "There was a consultation yesterday,

and the doctor's here now"

"Takesome

relief at the news that there was still hope of her death, he

went into the hall

On the hatstand there was a military overcoat Alexey

Alexandrovitch noticed it and asked: "Who is here?"

"The doctor, the midwife, and Count Vronsky"

Alexey Alexandrovitch went into the inner roo room there was no one; at the sound of his steps

there came out of her boudoir the midwife in a cap with lilac

ribbons

She went up to Alexey Alexandrovitch, and with the faiven by the approach of death took him by the arm and drew him

towards the bedroom

"Thank God you've co but

you," she said

"Make haste with the ice!" the doctor's peremptory voice said