"Yes, after his misfortune, what was there for him to do?" "What a terrible thing it was!" said Sergey Ivanovitch.

"Ah, what I have been through! But do get in....

Ah, what I have been through!" she repeated, when Sergey Ivanovitch had got in and sat down beside her.

" You can't conceive it! For six weeks he did not speak to anyone, and would not touch food except when I implored him.

And not for one minute could we leave him alone.