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 At the sight of such a "motion" picture, Bishop Raphael without exchanging greetings with anyone, rushed over to Bishop Alexander, caught him by the collar, dragged him off the bed, and exclaimed: "Don't you fear God, you fool you? What are you doing, you drunkard, you, in a strange house and in every one's presence. …"

Alexander Nemolovsky, lying on the floor, shouted: "Get out, you Arab you, get out you accursed monk, with your abstinence!" Released from under Bishop Alexander, Madam Snegirev first began to cry and then became hysterical. It was a hard job to quiet her. Her lingerie and skirt were in shreds. I hurried to Pasha, took her skirt and brought it into the bedroom. I, myself, put it on the



woman. All shaking, she buttoned the skirt, drank some water, and sat down on the bed with her head in her hands. Bishop Raphael told me to take her home, but Alexander, ordering Raphael out of the house, kept imploring her to stay, but Raphael himself took her by the hand, led her out of the room, and bid me to escort her home.

On my return, Alexander sent me for Lina Vassilyevna Geres, a native of the town of Loubchi, District of Novogrudsk, Government