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The next morning, Dmitri does not go to call his wife to breakfast; she is there with him, clinging to him. She is still asleep, and he is looking at her, and thinking, "What can be the matter with her? what frightened her so? what caused that dream?"
"Stay here, Viérotchka; I will bring thee thy tea here. Don't get up, my dear little girl.39 I will bring it to you, and you can wash your face and not get up."