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‘You will explain why you don’t accept the world?’ said
Alyosha.
‘To be sure I will, it’s not a secret, that’s what I’ve been
leading up to. Dear little brother, I don’t want to corrupt
you or to turn you from your stronghold, perhaps I want
to be healed by you.’ Ivan smiled suddenly quite like a little
gentle child. Alyosha had never seen such a smile on his
face before.

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