" "There, you always ascribe base, vile motives to me," she said with tears of wounded pride and fury.

" I didn't mean, it wasn't weakness, it wasn't...I feel that it's my duty to be with my husband when he's in trouble, but you try on purpose to hurt me, you try on purpose not to understand....

" "No; this is awful! To be such a slave!" cried Levin, getting up, and unable to restrain his anger any longer.

But at the same second he felt that he was beating himself.

"Then why did you marry? You could have been free.