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LISA. Thank you. I have a great favour to ask of you, and I have no one
to turn to but you.
KARÉNIN. Anything in my power ...
LISA. You know all about ...?
KARÉNIN. I do.
ANNA PÁVLOVNA. Well then, I shall leave you [To Sásha] Come, we'll leave
them alone. [Exit with Sásha].
LISA. Yes, he wrote to me saying that he considers everything at an end
... [struggling with her tears] ... and I was hurt!... and so ... In a
word, I consented to break--I answered, accepting his renunciation.
KARÉNIN. And now you repent?
LISA. Yes. I feel that I was wrong, and that I cannot do it. Anything is
better than to be separated from him. In short--I want you to give him
this letter.... Please, Victor, give him the letter, and tell him ...
and bring him back!
KARÉNIN [surprised] Yes, but how?
LISA. Tell him I ask him to forget everything, and to return. I might
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