“Petition the Authorities to let you take the children’s coffins with you. They will allow it.”

“No, I don’t want to.⁠ ⁠… I can’t do that,” said Albína.

“You only ask, that’s all! We won’t really take the coffins, but will make a box big enough to hold them, and will put Joseph into it.”

At first Albína rejected this proposal, so unpleasant was it to her to connect deceit with the memory of her children; but when Migoúrski cheerfully approved the scheme, she agreed.

So the final plan was worked out as follows: