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Mitya’s last word.
Alyosha went out in tears. Such distrustfulness in Mitya,
such lack of confidence even to him, to Alyosha — all this
suddenly opened before Alyosha an unsuspected depth of
hopeless grief and despair in the soul of his unhappy broth-
er. Intense, infinite compassion overwhelmed him instantly.
There was a poignant ache in his torn heart. ‘Love Ivan’ — he
suddenly recalled Mitya’s words. And he was going to Ivan.
He badly wanted to see Ivan all day. He was as much wor-
ried about Ivan as about Mitya, and more than ever now.