" "I am crushed, I am annihilated, I am no longer a man!" said Alexey Alexandrovitch, letting go her hand, but still gazing into her brimming eyes.

" My position is so awful because I can find nowhere, I cannot find within me strength to support me.

" "You will find support; seek it--not in me, though I beseech you to believe in my friendship," she said, with a sigh.

" Our support is love, that love that He has vouchsafed us.