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Lezhnyov watched him attentively; a strange, almost joyful amazement was expressed on Volintsev's face; he let his hands fall by his side. 'What is it? asked Lezhnyov. 'Read it, Volintsev said in a low voice, and handed him the letter. Lezhnyov began to read. This is what Rudin wrote: 'SIR 'I am going away from Darya Mihailovna's house to-day, and leaving it for ever.
What was passing in Volintsev's heart was no mystery to either of them. More than two months had passed; during the whole of that period Rudin had scarcely been away from Darya Mihailovna's house. She could not get on without him. To talk to him about herself and to listen to his eloquence became a necessity for her.
He came up with a hesitating step, greeted all of them from a distance, and with an expression of pain on his face he turned to Natalya and said: 'Oh, you are having a walk? 'Yes, answered Natalya, 'we were just going home. 'Ah! was Volintsev's reply. 'Well, let us go, and they all walked towards the house. 'How is your sister? Rudin inquired, in a specially cordial tone, of Volintsev.
Lezhnyov let him pass, looked after him, and after a moment's thought he too turned his horse's head round, and drove back to Volintsev's, where he had spent the night. He found him asleep, and giving orders he should not be waked, he sat down on the balcony to wait for some tea and smoked a pipe. Volintsev got up at ten o'clock.
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