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As he passed through the little garden he heard voices, Parisian French, and a woman's voice; he heard laughter and even a kiss. "Poor Leonti!" he whispered. "Or rather, blind Leonti!" He stood uncertain whether to go or stay, then hastened his steps, and determined to have speech with Mark.
Raisky felt hot tears on his forehead and cheeks. "It is weakness," sobbed Leonti. "But I am not ill, and have not brain fever. They talk, but don't understand. And I understood nothing either, but now that I see you, I cannot keep back my tears. Don't abuse me like Mark, or laugh at me, as they all do, my colleagues and my sympathetic visitors.
He visited Leonti, and did not neglect the Governor and other friends. But in order to keep watch on Vera he wandered about the park and the garden. Two days were now gone, he thought, since he sat on the bench by the precipice, but there were still five days of danger. Marfinka's birthday lay two days' ahead, and on that day Vera would hardly leave the family circle.
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