" "I understand," said Darya Alexandrovna, involuntarily admiring the sincerity and firmness with which he said this.

" But just because you feel yourself responsible, you exaggerate it, I am afraid," she said.

" Her position in the world is difficult, I can well understand.

" "In the world it is hell!" he brought out quickly, frowning darkly.

" You can't imagine moral sufferings greater than what she went through in Petersburg in that fortnight...and I beg you to believe it.