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The external relations of Alexey Alexandrovitch and his wife had

reed The sole difference lay in the fact that he

was more busily occupied than ever As in forone to a foreign watering-place

for the sake of his health, deranged by the winter's work that

every year grew heavier And just as always he returned in July

and at once fell to work as usual with increased energy As

usual, too, his wife had moved for the summer to a villa out of

tohile he re From the date of their

conversation after the party at Princess Tverskaya's he had never

spoken again to Anna of his suspicions and his jealousies, and

that habitual tone of his bantering mimicry was the most

convenient tone possible for his present attitude to his wife

He was a little colder to his wife He sihtly displeased with her for that first ht

conversation, which she had repelled In his attitude to her

there was a shade of vexation, but nothing more "You would not

be open withher; "so

as you please, but I

won't be open with you So much the worse for you!" he said

uish a

fire, should fly in a rage with his vain efforts and say, "Oh,

very well then! you shall burn for this!" This man, so subtle

and astute in official life, did not realize all the