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Though, with his characteristic impudence, he had made up his mind to go into the country to visit a woman whom he hardly knew, who had never invited him; but with whom, according to information he had gathered, such talented and intimate friends were staying, he was nevertheless trembling to the marrow of his bones; and instead of bringing out the apologies and compliments he had learned by heart beforehand, he muttered some absurdity about Evdoksya Kukshin having sent him to inquire after Anna Sergyevna's health, and Arkady Nikolaevitch's too, having always spoken to him in the highest terms.... At this point he faltered and lost his presence of mind so completely that he sat down on his own hat.
'You say he used to avoid you, he said aloud, with a chilly smile; 'but it is probably no secret to you that he was in love with you? 'What! he too? fell from Anna Sergyevna's lips. 'He too, repeated Bazarov, with a submissive bow. 'Can it be you didn't know it, and I've told you something new? Anna Sergyevna dropped her eyes. 'You are mistaken, Yevgeny Vassilyitch. 'I don't think so.
So ended the earthly existence of this good and gentle creature, torn, God knows why, like an uprooted tree from its natural soil and at once thrown down with its roots in the air; she had faded and passed away leaving no trace, and no one mourned for her. Malanya Sergyevna's maids pitied her, and so did even Piotr Andreitch. The old man missed her silent presence.
Wife! wife!... An angel from heaven has come to us.... 'What does it mean, good Lord! faltered the old woman, running out of the drawing-room; and, comprehending nothing, she fell on the spot in the passage at Anna Sergyevna's feet, and began kissing her garments like a mad woman.
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