37/47 They despised me. They say that we Russians care too much what others think of us--but when in your own house people--your friends--say such things of you...." He broke off, then, smiling, continued: "My wife came. There was something in me, just as I was, that she cared for. She did not passionately love me, but she loved me with her heart because she saw that I needed love. She always saw people just as they were.... |