Part 8

Chapter 1

           

           Almosttwomonthshadpassed.Thehotsummerwashalfover,butSergeyIvanovitchwasonlyjustpreparingtoleaveMoscow.

           SergeyIvanovitch’slifehadnotbeenuneventfulduringthistime.Ayearagohehadfinishedhisbook,thefruitofsixyears’labor,“SketchofaSurveyofthePrinciplesandFormsofGovernmentinEuropeandRussia.”Severalsectionsofthisbookanditsintroductionhadappearedinperiodicalpublications,andotherpartshadbeenreadbySergeyIvanovitchtopersonsofhiscircle,sothattheleadingideasoftheworkcouldnotbecompletelynoveltothepublic.ButstillSergeyIvanovitchhadexpectedthatonitsappearancehisbookwouldbesuretomakeaseriousimpressiononsociety,andifitdidnotcausearevolutioninsocialscienceitwould,atanyrate,makeagreatstirinthescientificworld.

           Afterthemostconscientiousrevisionthebookhadlastyearbeenpublished,andhadbeendistributedamongthebooksellers.

           Thoughheaskednooneaboutit,reluctantlyandwithfeignedindifferenceansweredhisfriends’inquiriesastohowthebookwasgoing,anddidnoteveninquireofthebooksellershowthebookwasselling,SergeyIvanovitchwasallonthealert,withstrainedattention,watchingforthefirstimpressionhisbookwouldmakeintheworldandinliterature.

           Butaweekpassed,asecond,athird,andinsocietynoimpressionwhatevercouldbedetected.Hisfriendswhowerespecialistsandsavants,occasionallyunmistakablyfrompolitenessalludedtoit.Therestofhisacquaintances,notinterestedinabookonalearnedsubject,didnottalkofitatall.

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