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"I can understand being carried away by feeling," she went on

after a brief silence, "but deliberately, slyly deceiving me ...

and with whom?... To go on being my husband together with her ...

it's awful! You can't understand...."

"Oh, yes, I understand! I understand! Dolly, dearest, I do

understand," said Anna, pressing her hand.

"And do you imagine he realizes all the awfulness of my

position?" Dolly resumed. "Not the slightest! He's happy and

contented."

"Oh, no!" Anna interposed quickly. "He's to be pitied, he's

weighed down by remorse...."

"Is he capable of remorse?" Dolly interrupted, gazing intently

into her sister-in-law's face.