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Chapter 1

           AsfarasGaniawasconcerned,itmighthavebeensupposedthatthenewshadcomethroughVarvaraArdalionovna,whohadsuddenlybecomeafrequentvisitoroftheEpanchingirls,greatlytotheirmother’ssurprise.ButthoughVarvarahadseenfit,forsomereason,tomakefriendswiththem,itwasnotlikelythatshewouldhavetalkedtothemaboutherbrother.Shehadplentyofpride,inspiteofthefactthatinthusactingshewasseekingintimacywithpeoplewhohadpracticallyshownherbrotherthedoor.SheandtheEpanchingirlshadbeenacquaintedinchildhood,althoughoflatetheyhadmetbutrarely.EvennowVarvarahardlyeverappearedinthedrawing-room,butwouldslipinbyabackway.LizabethaProkofievna,whodislikedVarvara,althoughshehadagreatrespectforhermother,wasmuchannoyedbythissuddenintimacy,andputitdowntothegeneral“contrariness”ofherdaughters,whowere“alwaysonthelookoutforsomenewwayofopposingher.”Nevertheless,Varvaracontinuedhervisits.

           AmonthafterMuishkin’sdeparture,Mrs.EpanchinreceivedaletterfromheroldfriendPrincessBielokonski(whohadlatelyleftforMoscow),whichletterputherintothegreatestgoodhumour.Shedidnotdivulgeitscontentseithertoherdaughtersorthegeneral,butherconducttowardstheformerbecameaffectionateintheextreme.Sheevenmadesomesortofconfessiontothem,buttheywereunabletounderstandwhatitwasabout.

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