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Chapter 1

           

           Wesaidatthebeginningofourstory,thattheEpanchinswerelikedandesteemedbytheirneighbours.Inspiteofhishumbleorigin,IvanFedorovitchhimselfwasreceivedeverywherewithrespect.Hedeservedthis,partlyonaccountofhiswealthandposition,partlybecause,thoughlimited,hewasreallyaverygoodfellow.Butacertainlimitationofmindseemstobeanindispensableasset,ifnottoallpublicpersonages,atleasttoallseriousfinanciers.Addedtothis,hismannerwasmodestandunassuming;heknewwhentobesilent,yetneverallowedhimselftobetrampledupon.Alsoandthiswasmoreimportantthanallhehadtheadvantageofbeingunderexaltedpatronage.

           AstoLizabethaProkofievna,she,asthereaderknows,belongedtoanaristocraticfamily.True,Russiansthinkmoreofinfluentialfriendsthanofbirth,butshehadboth.Shewasesteemedandevenlovedbypeopleofconsequenceinsociety,whoseexampleinreceivingherwasthereforefollowedbyothers.Itseemshardlynecessarytoremarkthatherfamilyworriesandanxietieshadlittleornofoundation,orthatherimaginationincreasedthemtoanabsurddegree;butifyouhaveawartonyourforeheadornose,youimaginethatalltheworldislookingatit,andthatpeoplewouldmakefunofyoubecauseofit,evenifyouhaddiscoveredAmerica!DoubtlessLizabethaProkofievnawasconsidered“eccentric”insociety,butshewasnonethelessesteemed:thepitywasthatshewasceasingtobelieveinthatesteem.

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