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Olga Ivanovna thought a moment, and with perceptible hesitation, said: "Nikolay, I am not lying Misha is your child." "My God," moaned the doctor, "then I will tell you something more: I have kept your letter to Petrov in which you call him Misha's father! Olga, I know the truth, but I want to hear it from you! Do you hear?" Olga Ivanovna made no reply, but went on weeping.
I wanted to remind him of his promise on oath, but the criminal expression of Mísha's face, his unrestrained voice, the convulsive trembling of all his limbs all this was so frightful that I made haste to get rid of him. I informed him that he should receive his clothing at once, that a cart should be harnessed for him; and taking from a casket a twenty-ruble bank-note, I laid it on the table.
The young woman's lips twitched a little, and she put her hand up to them. She seemed to be on the point of tears, but she controlled herself, and cleared her throat. 'Mihail Andreitch, she went on: 'before his death enjoined upon me to go to you; "You must be sure to go," said he! In the packet there was a little silver cup with the monogram of Misha's mother.
'No, no child.... Is it likely? And her tears flowed faster than ever. 'And so that was how Misha's troubled wanderings had ended, the old man P. wound up his narrative.
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