[Chapter IX.—The motives that decided his going away] 78
The last straw—Mistaken judgments about Tolstoy's going away.
The one desire of his life, to do the will of God—The inevitability of the end.
PART III
[TOLSTOY'S ATTITUDE TO HIS SUFFERINGS] 94
The growth of his inner consciousness during the second period of his life. Extracts from the diary for 1884—Differences with his wife—On the border of despair—Feeling of solitude—Memory of his mother and his longing for her (1906)—Striving after God. Extracts from diary and letters from 1889-1910—Family trials—The cross of his life, till the end—His words about Sofya Andreyevna and consciousness of his guilt (from a conversation with, and the letters to Tchertkoff)—The mystery of another's soul—Tolstoy's thoughts that give a general meaning to his interpretation of suffering ("The Reading-Cycle," "The Way of Life").
[Appendix I] 139
The inevitable one-sidedness of quotations made from Tolstoy's writings for the purposes of the present narrative—His many-sided personality—His power of controlling his sufferings and his natural joy of life—The attainment of the true good.
[Appendix II] 143