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Chapter 4

           

           Thelastideawasthemostrevolting,buthewasasceptic,hewasyoung,abstract,andthereforecruel,andsohecouldnothelpbelievingthatthelastendwasthemostlikely.

           “Butcanthatbetrue?”hecriedtohimself.“Canthatcreaturewhohasstillpreservedthepurityofherspiritbeconsciouslydrawnatlastintothatsinkoffilthandiniquity?Cantheprocessalreadyhavebegun?Canitbethatshehasonlybeenabletobearittillnow,becausevicehasbeguntobelessloathsometoher?No,no,thatcannotbe!”hecried,asSoniahadjustbefore.“No,whathaskeptherfromthecanaltillnowistheideaofsinandthey,thechildren....Andifshehasnotgoneoutofhermind...butwhosaysshehasnotgoneoutofhermind?Issheinhersenses?Canonetalk,canonereasonasshedoes?Howcanshesitontheedgeoftheabyssofloathsomenessintowhichsheisslippingandrefusetolistenwhensheistoldofdanger?Doessheexpectamiracle?Nodoubtshedoes.Doesn’tthatallmeanmadness?”

           Hestayedobstinatelyatthatthought.Helikedthatexplanationindeedbetterthananyother.Hebeganlookingmoreintentlyather.

           “SoyoupraytoGodagreatdeal,Sonia?”heaskedher.

           Soniadidnotspeak;hestoodbesideherwaitingforananswer.

           “WhatshouldIbewithoutGod?”shewhisperedrapidly,forcibly,glancingathimwithsuddenlyflashingeyes,andsqueezinghishand.

           “Ah,sothatisit!”hethought.

           “AndwhatdoesGoddoforyou?”heasked,probingherfurther.

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