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HE letter ran thus:

"And then," continued Lyubov Onisimovna, with suppressed emotion, "he wrote: 'Whatever misery you have gone through, and whatever you may have had to submit to, I will look upon as your affliction, and not as sin, nor do I consider it as weakness, but leave it to God, and I have only feelings of respect for you.' It was signed Arkadie Il'ich."