You know, of course, that he had shot himself once already on her account," she said, and the old lady's eyelashes twitched at the recollection.

" Yes, hers was the fitting end for such a woman.

Even the death she chose was low and vulgar.

" "It's not for us to judge, countess," said Sergey Ivanovitch; "but I can understand that it has been very hard for you.