1  But  then  women  can  appreciate  goodness
and  noble-heartedness,'  said  Varvara  Pavlovna,
and  gently  dropping  on  her  knees  before
Marya  Dmitrievna,  she  flung  her  arms  about
her  round  person,  and  pressed  her  face  against
it.  That  face  wore  a  sly  smile,  but  Marya
Dmitrievna's  tears  began  to  flow  again.
When  Lavretsky  returned  home,  he  locked
himself  in  his  valet's  room,  and  flung  himself
on  a  sofa  ;  he  lay  like  that  till  morning.
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XLIV

THE  following  day  was  Sunday.  The  sound  of
bells  ringing  for  early  mass  did  not  wake
Lavretsky — he  had  not  closed  his  eyes  all
night — but  it  reminded  him  of  another  Sunday,
when  at  Lisa's  desire  he  had  gone  to  church.
