Book 2 Chapter 26 Lydias Aunt

Shoustova's mother came in at the door through which her daughter
had gone out, and said that Lydia was very much upset, and would
not come in again.

"And what has this young life been ruined for?" said the aunt.
"What is especially painful to me is that I am the involuntary
cause of it."

"She will recover in the country, with God's help," said the
mother. "We shall send her to her father."

"Yes, if it were not for you she would have perished altogether,"
said the aunt. "Thank you. But what I wished to see you for is
this: I wished to ask you to take a letter to Vera Doukhova," and
she got the letter out of her pocket.

"The letter is not closed; you may read and tear it up, or hand
it to her, according to how far it coincides with your
principles," she said. "It contains nothing compromising."

Nekhludoff took the letter, and, having promised to give it to
Vera Doukhova, he took his leave and went away. He sealed the
letter without reading it, meaning to take it to its destination.

Chapter 86 - Page 2 of 2

Resurrection
by Leo Tolstoy

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