Chapter 14

           

           AshenearedPetersburg,AlexeyAlexandrovitchnotonlyadheredentirelytohisdecision,butwasevencomposinginhisheadtheletterhewouldwritetohiswife.Goingintotheporter’sroom,AlexeyAlexandrovitchglancedatthelettersandpapersbroughtfromhisoffice,anddirectedthattheyshouldbebroughttohiminhisstudy.

           “ThehorsescanbetakenoutandIwillseenoone,”hesaidinanswertotheporter,withacertainpleasure,indicativeofhisagreeableframeofmind,emphasizingthewords,“seenoone.”

           InhisstudyAlexeyAlexandrovitchwalkedupanddowntwice,andstoppedatanimmensewriting-table,onwhichsixcandleshadalreadybeenlightedbythevaletwhohadprecededhim.Hecrackedhisknucklesandsatdown,sortingouthiswritingappurtenances.Puttinghiselbowsonthetable,hebenthisheadononeside,thoughtaminute,andbegantowrite,withoutpausingforasecond.Hewrotewithoutusinganyformofaddresstoher,andwroteinFrench,makinguseoftheplural“vous,”whichhasnotthesamenoteofcoldnessasthecorrespondingRussianform.

           “Atourlastconversation,Inotifiedyouofmyintentiontocommunicatetoyoumydecisioninregardtothesubjectofthatconversation.Havingcarefullyconsideredeverything,Iamwritingnowwiththeobjectoffulfillingthatpromise.Mydecisionisasfollows.Whateveryourconductmayhavebeen,IdonotconsidermyselfjustifiedinbreakingthetiesinwhichweareboundbyaHigherPower.

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