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of no solid character, and faain

at the sa definite, but Stepan

Arkadyevitch was hardly ever at ho, and Dolly was continually tortured by suspicions of

infidelity, which she tried to dish already The first onslaught of

jealousy, once lived through, could never coain, and

even the discovery of infidelities could never now affect her as

it had the first ti up fa him and still more herself, for the weakness Besides

this, the care of her large fa of her young baby did not go well, then the

nurse had gone away, now one of the children had fallen ill

"Well, how are all of you?" asked her mother

"Ah, mamma, we have plenty of troubles of our own Lili is ill,

and I'm afraid it's scarlatina I have come here now to hear

about Kitty, and then I shall shut myself up entirely, if--God

forbid--it should be scarlatina"

The old prince too had come in from his study after the doctor's

departure, and after presenting his cheek to Dolly, and saying a

feords to her, he turned to his wife: "How have you settled it? you're going? Well, and what do you

mean to do with me?"