`Yes, I have lost even my affection for my son, because he is associated with the repulsion I feel for you. But still I shall take him. Good-by!'

And he was going away, but now she detained him.

`Alexei Alexandrovich, leave me Seriozha!' she whispered once more. `I have nothing else to say. Leave Seriozha till my... I shall soon be confined; leave him!'

Alexei Alexandrovich flared up, and, snatching his hand from her, he went out of the room without a word.