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her; then only I threw away the dagger and went out of the room.
"'I must not be agitated. I must be conscious of what I am doing,' I
said to myself, looking neither at her nor at the old nurse. The latter
cried and called the maid. I passed through the hall, and, after having
sent the maid, started for my study.
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'What shall I do now?' I asked myself.
And immediately I understood what I should do. Directly after entering
the study, I went straight to the wall, took down the revolver, and
examined it attentively. It was loaded. Then I placed it on the table.
Next I picked up the sheath of the dagger, which had dropped down
behind the sofa, and then I sat down. I remained thus for a long time.
I thought of nothing, I did not try to remember anything. I heard a
stifled noise of steps, a movement of objects and of tapestries, then
the arrival of a person, and then the arrival of another person. Then
I saw Gregor bring into my room the baggage from the railway; as if any
one needed it!
"
'Have you heard what has happened?' I asked him. 'Have you told the
dvornik to inform the police?'
"
He made no answer, and went out. I rose, closed the door, took the
cigarettes and the matches, and began to smoke. I had not finished one
cigarette, when a drowsy feeling came over me and sent me into a deep
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