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The old man also lay down on his bed , and there long tossed about , coughing and swallowing mouthfuls of his _ tisane _ . The morning came ; they both arose -- strange were the looks they exchanged . Lavretsky would have liked to kill himself just then . Katrin the cook brought them some bad coffee , and then , when eight o'clock struck , Lemm put on his hat and went out saying that he was to have given a lesson at the Kalitines ' at ten o'clock , but that he would find a fitting excuse for going there sooner . Lavretsky again threw himself on the couch , and again a bitter laugh broke out from the depths of his heart . He thought of how his wife had driven him out of the house ; he pictured to himself Liza 's position , and then he shut his eyes , and wrung his hands above his head . At length Lemm returned and brought him a scrap of paper , on which Liza had traced the following words in pencil : `` We can not see each other to-day ; perhaps we may to-morrow evening .