when Milosevic still hadnt folded, opposition to our policy

brow with a handkerchief. At last she asked to be raised. They sat her

up on the bed, supporting her on both sides.

"Where are the children?" she said in a faint voice. "You've brought

them, Polenka? Oh the sillies! Why did you run away.... Och!"

Once more her parched lips were covered with blood. She moved her

"So that's how you live, Sonia! Never once have I been in your

She looked at her with a face of suffering.

"We have been your ruin, Sonia. Polenka, Lida, Kolya, come here!