"No， Natalie， weep no more! Quick， dry your tears. Let not my executioner see that we can feel pain or weep for sorrow!"
　　Drying her tears， she attempted a smile， but it was an unnatural，painful smile.
　　"Ivan，" said she， "we will forget， forget all， excepting that we love each other， and thus only can I become cheerful. And tell me， Ivan， have I not always been in good spirits? Have not these long eight years in Siberia passed away like a pleasant summer day? Have not our hearts remained warm， and has not our love continued undisturbed by the inclement Siberian cold? You may， therefore， well see that I have the courage to bear all that can be borne. But you， my beloved， you my husband， to see you die， without being able to save you， without being permitted to die with you， is a cruel and unnatural sacrifice! Ivan， let me weep; let your murderer see that I yet have tears. Oh， my God， I have no longer any pride， I am nothing but a poor heart-broken woman! Your widow， I weep over the yet living corpse of my husband!" With convulsive sobs the trembling young wife fell upon her knees and with frantic grief clung to her husband's feet.