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To make amends for the great injustice which I had
done her, and to some extent, also, influenced by her
hatred, I conceived the idea of arranging for her a
pleasure trip to Finland in the shape of a theatrical tour,
extending over several weeks.
I started negotiations with theatrical managers,
succeeded in coming to terms, and raised the money.
She went to Finland, where she won patriotic victories
and a number of laurel wreaths.
I was left alone with the children. I fell ill. Believing
myself to be on the point of death, I sent her a telegram,
asking her to return home. As she had fulfilled all her
engagements, this did not interfere with business.
On her return I was better; she accused me of having
brought her back on false pretences, telegraphed lies,
merely to take her away from her relations and her
native country....
Soon after her return I noticed a new phase, a phase
which filled me with increased uneasiness. Contrary to
her former habits, she gave herself to me unreservedly.
What Avas the reason? I wondered, but I felt no
inclination to probe too deeply....
On the next morning and the days which followed she
talked of nothing but the pleasant time she had spent in
Finland. Carried away for the moment by her memories,
she told me that she had made the acquaintance of an
engineer on the steamer, an enlightened, up-to-date man,
who had convinced her that there was no such thing as
sin in the abstract, and that circumstances and destiny
alone were responsible for all happenings.
“Certainly, my dear,” I agreed, “but for all that our
actions do not fail to draw their consequences after them.
I admit that there is no such thing as sin, because there is
no personal God; nevertheless we are responsible to those
we wrong. There may be no sin in the abstract, but crime
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