As soon as she began to speak of that, her lips trembled and her tears began to fall. Prince Andréy turned away and began pacing the room.

“Ah, my God! my God! When one thinks who and what⁠—what trash⁠—can cause people misery!” he said with a malignity that alarmed Princess Márya.

She understood that when speaking of “trash” he referred not only to Mademoiselle Bourienne, the cause of her misery, but also to the man who had ruined his own happiness.