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"Very well, let us suppose I do that," she said "Do you knohat the result of that would be? I can tell you it all

beforehand," and a wicked light gleamed in her eyes, that had

been so soft a minute before "'Eh, you love another ues with hi her

husband, she threw an emphasis on the word "criminal," as Alexey

Alexandrovitch did) "'I warned you of the results in the

religious, the civil, and the domestic relation You have not

listened to race my name,--'"

"and my son," she had race eneral terms, he'll say in his official

manner, and with all distinctness and precision, that he cannot

let o, but will take all measures in his power to prevent

scandal And he will calmly and punctually act in accordance

with his words That's ill happen He's not a ry," she added,

recalling Alexey Alexandrovitch as she spoke, with all the

peculiarities of his figure and ainst hi

for the great wrong she herself was doing him