"I will say one thing, Alexey Alexandrovitch.
I know you for an excellent, upright man; I know Anna--excuse me, I can't change my opinion of her--for a good, an excellent woman; and so, excuse me, I cannot believe it.
There is some misunderstanding," said he.
"Oh, if it were merely a misunderstanding!..." "Pardon, I understand," interposed Stepan Arkadyevitch.
" But of course....