“There, there! Do you feel it? I feel so strange. And do you know, Márya, I am going to love him very much,” said Liza, looking with bright and happy eyes at her sister-in-law.

Princess Márya could not lift her head, she was weeping.

“What is the matter, Márya?”

“Nothing⁠ ⁠… only I feel sad⁠ ⁠… sad about Andréy,” she said, wiping away her tears on her sister-in-law’s knee.