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Chapter 7

           Heglancedthroughit,thenreaditagain,andthenagain,andstandingstillinthemiddleoftheroomheraisedhisshoulders,stretchingouthishands,withhismouthwideopenandhiseyesfixed.WhathehadjustbeenprayingforwithconfidencethatGodwouldhearhimhadcometopass;butNicholaswasasmuchastonishedasifitweresomethingextraordinaryandunexpected,andasiftheveryfactthatithadhappenedsoquicklyprovedthatithadnotcomefromGodtowhomhehadprayed,butbysomeordinarycoincidence.

           Thisunexpectedand,asitseemedtoNicholas,quitevoluntaryletterfromSónyafreedhimfromtheknotthatfetteredhimandfromwhichtherehadseemednoescape.Shewrotethatthelastunfortunateevents—thelossofalmostthewholeoftheRostóvs’Moscowproperty—andthecountess’repeatedlyexpressedwishthatNicholasshouldmarryPrincessBolkónskaya,togetherwithhissilenceandcoldnessoflate,hadallcombinedtomakeherdecidetoreleasehimfromhispromiseandsethimcompletelyfree.

           ItwouldbetoopainfultometothinkthatImightbeacauseofsorrowordiscordinthefamilythathasbeensogoodtome(shewrote),andmylovehasnoaimbutthehappinessofthoseIlove;so,Nicholas,Ibegyoutoconsideryourselffree,andtobeassuredthat,inspiteofeverything,noonecanloveyoumorethandoes

           YourSónya

           BothletterswerewrittenfromTróitsa.Theother,fromthecountess,describedtheirlastdaysinMoscow,theirdeparture,thefire,andthedestructionofalltheirproperty

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