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A VITAL QUESTION.
of doing so, Marya Alekséyevna, and you are not to blame because this capability is latent; that instead of doing so, you are acting in a contrary way; but you possess it, and this cannot be said of all. Wretches are capable of doing anything. You are only a bad woman, but you are not hopelessly a wretched woman. You are higher than many, even if judged by the moral standard.
"Are you satisfied, Marya Alekséyevna?"
"What should I be satisfied for, bátiushka. My circumstances are bad, aren't they?"
"That is all right, Marya Alekséyevna!"
