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Chapter 8

           

           Theladyofthehouseappearedtobeawomanofaboutfiftyyearsofage,thin-faced,andwithblacklinesundertheeyes.Shelookedillandrathersad;butherfacewasapleasantoneforallthat;andfromthefirstwordthatfellfromherlips,anystrangerwouldatonceconcludethatshewasofaseriousandparticularlysincerenature.Inspiteofhersorrowfulexpression,shegavetheideaofpossessingconsiderablefirmnessanddecision.

           Herdresswasmodestandsimpletoadegree,darkandelderlyinstyle;butbothherfaceandappearancegaveevidencethatshehadseenbetterdays.

           Varvarawasagirlofsometwenty-threesummers,ofmiddleheight,thin,butpossessingafacewhich,withoutbeingactuallybeautiful,hadtherarequalityofcharm,andmightfascinateeventotheextentofpassionateregard.

           Shewasverylikehermother:sheevendressedlikeher,whichprovedthatshehadnotasteforsmartclothes.Theexpressionofhergreyeyeswasmerryandgentle,whenitwasnot,aslately,toofullofthoughtandanxiety.Thesamedecisionandfirmnesswastobeobservedinherfaceasinhermother’s,butherstrengthseemedtobemorevigorousthanthatofNinaAlexandrovna.Shewassubjecttooutburstsoftemper,ofwhichevenherbrotherwasalittleafraid.

           Thepresentvisitor,Ptitsin,wasalsoafraidofher.Thiswasayoungfellowofsomethingunderthirty,dressedplainly,butneatly.Hismannersweregood,butratherponderouslyso.Hisdarkbeardboreevidencetothefactthathewasnotinanygovernmentemploy.

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