Chapter 8

           

           TowardstheendofMay,wheneverythinghadbeenmoreorlesssatisfactorilyarranged,shereceivedherhusband’sanswertohercomplaintsofthedisorganizedstateofthingsinthecountry.Hewrotebeggingherforgivenessfornothavingthoughtofeverythingbefore,andpromisedtocomedownatthefirstchance.Thischancedidnotpresentitself,andtillthebeginningofJuneDaryaAlexandrovnastayedaloneinthecountry.

           OntheSundayinSt.Peter’sweekDaryaAlexandrovnadrovetomassforallherchildrentotakethesacrament.DaryaAlexandrovnainherintimate,philosophicaltalkswithhersister,hermother,andherfriendsveryoftenastonishedthembythefreedomofherviewsinregardtoreligion.Shehadastrangereligionoftransmigrationofsoulsallherown,inwhichshehadfirmfaith,troublingherselflittleaboutthedogmasoftheChurch.ButinherfamilyshewasstrictincarryingoutallthatwasrequiredbytheChurchandnotmerelyinordertosetanexample,butwithallherheartinit.Thefactthatthechildrenhadnotbeenatthesacramentfornearlyayearworriedherextremely,andwiththefullapprovalandsympathyofMaryaPhilimonovnashedecidedthatthisshouldtakeplacenowinthesummer.

           Forseveraldaysbefore,DaryaAlexandrovnawasbusilydeliberatingonhowtodressallthechildren.Frocksweremadeoralteredandwashed,seamsandflounceswereletout,buttonsweresewnon,andribbonsgotready.Onedress,Tanya’s,whichtheEnglishgovernesshadundertaken,costDaryaAlexandrovnamuchlossoftemper.

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