" Dolly looked coldly at Anna; she was waiting now for phrases of conventional sympathy, but Anna said nothing of the sort.

"Dolly, dear," she said, "I don't want to speak for him to you, nor to try to comfort you; that's impossible.

But, darling, I'm simply sorry, sorry from my heart for you!" Under the thick lashes of her shining eyes tears suddenly glittered.

She moved nearer to her sister-in-law and took her hand in her vigorous little hand.

Dolly did not shrink away, but her face did not lose its frigid expression.