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Chapter 4

           ButTotskihimself,thoughanegotistoftheextremesttype,realizedthathehadnochancethere;Aglayawasclearlynotforsuchashe.

           PerhapsthesisterlyloveandfriendshipofthethreegirlshadmoreorlessexaggeratedAglaya’schancesofhappiness.Intheiropinion,thelatter’sdestinywasnotmerelytobeveryhappy;shewastoliveinaheavenonearth.Aglaya’shusbandwastobeacompendiumofallthevirtues,andofallsuccess,nottospeakoffabulouswealth.Thetwoeldersistershadagreedthatallwastobesacrificedbythem,ifneedbe,forAglaya’ssake;herdowrywastobecolossalandunprecedented.

           Thegeneralandhiswifewereawareofthisagreement,and,therefore,whenTotskisuggestedhimselfforoneofthesisters,theparentsmadenodoubtthatoneofthetwoeldergirlswouldprobablyaccepttheoffer,sinceTotskiwouldcertainlymakenodifficultyastodowry.Thegeneralvaluedtheproposalveryhighly.Heknewlife,andrealizedwhatsuchanofferwasworth.

           Theanswerofthesisterstothecommunicationwas,ifnotconclusive,atleastconsolingandhopeful.Itmadeknownthattheeldest,Alexandra,wouldverylikelybedisposedtolistentoaproposal.

           Alexandrawasagood-naturedgirl,thoughshehadawillofherown.Shewasintelligentandkind-hearted,and,ifsheweretomarryTotski,shewouldmakehimagoodwife.Shedidnotcareforabrilliantmarriage;shewaseminentlyawomancalculatedtosootheandsweetenthelifeofanyman;decidedlypretty,ifnotabsolutelyhandsome.

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