VALENTIN _(aside)_: She has turned pale! _(To her)_ Do not force
me to explain. Sooner would I die than you should know the reason.

ANNA _(after a pause)_: You cannot go away. . . .

The lady began to swell, swelled to an immense size, and melted
into the dingy atmosphere of the study--only her moving mouth was
visible; then she suddenly dwindled to the size of a bottle, swayed
from side to side, and with the table retreated to the further end
of the room . . .

VALENTIN _(holding ANNA in his arms)_: You have given me new life!
You have shown me an object to live for! You have renewed me as the
Spring rain renews the awakened earth! But . . . it is too late,
too late! The ill that gnaws at my heart is beyond cure. . . .

Pavel Vassilyevitch started and with dim and smarting eyes stared
at the reading lady; for a minute he gazed fixedly as though
understanding nothing. . . .

SCENE XI.--_The same. The_ BARON _and the_ POLICE INSPECTOR _with
assistants._

VALENTIN: Take me!

ANNA: I am his! Take me too! Yes, take me too! I love him, I love
him more than life!

BARON: Anna Sergyevna, you forget that you are ruining your father
. . . .