Anna lifted the wasted, thin hand of Dolly, kissed it and said: "But, Dolly, what's to be done, what's to be done? How is it best to act in this awful position--that's what you must think of.

" "All's over, and there's nothing more," said Dolly.

" And the worst of all is, you see, that I can't cast him off: there are the children, I am tied.

And I can't live with him! it's a torture to me to see him.

" "Dolly, darling, he has spoken to me, but I want to hear it from you: tell me about it.