"Alexey Alexandrovitch," said Vronsky, feeling that a statement of the position was coming, "I can't speak, I can't understand.

Spare me! However hard it is for you, believe me, it is more terrible for me.

" He would have risen; but Alexey Alexandrovitch took him by the hand and said: "I beg you to hear me out; it is necessary.

I must explain my feelings, the feelings that have guided me and will guide me, so that you may not be in error regarding me.