She had that morning repented of having told her husband and wished it were possible to unsay her words; and here was a letter treating her words as unsaid and giving her what she had desired; but now the letter appeared more terrible than anything she could have imagined.
Она раскаивалась утром в том, что она сказала мужу, и желала только одного, чтоб эти слова были как бы не сказаны. И вот письмо это признавало слова несказанными и давало ей то, чего она желала.