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>All relatives and acquaintances noticed something was going wrong with Mikhail Aleksandrovich, but they still constantly doubted, because there was never any nonsense in his speech; he recognized all, remembered all. He only became much more self-confident, ceased feeling shy with people and spoke incessantly. By that time, the painting Demon was brought to St. Petersburg for an exposition of “Mir Iskusstva”, and Mikhail Aleksandrovich, though the painting was already on display, redrew it every day since the early morning, and I saw with terror that there were changes every day. There were days when Demon was very dreadful, and later deep sadness and new beauty appeared in the expression of Demon’s face again… In general, despite the disorder, artistic ability did not leave Vrubel; it's even as though it grew, but it already became unbearable to live with him.
