[22] It is I who am the intruder.
[23] It is surprising how he loves him—just as if he were his father.
[24] So much the better! Does he remember his real father?
[25] Say what one likes—it is a fine action.
[26] Had Tolstoy lived to give a final revision to this play, he would probably have made it clearer that Karénin sent a monthly payment to the clockmaker Evgényev, in response to the request contained in the last letter Fédya addressed to Lisa and himself; and that this money found its way to Fédya.
[27] Karénin does not produce Fédya's letter because it would have proved connivance in the divorce proceedings.