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Chapter 4

           Hisestatewassoldforthecreditors;andthelittlegirlstwoofthem,ofsevenandeightyearsofagerespectively,wereadoptedbyTotski,whoundertooktheirmaintenanceandeducationinthekindnessofhisheart.TheywerebroughtuptogetherwiththechildrenofhisGermanbailiff.Verysoon,however,therewasonlyoneofthemleftNastasiaPhilipovnafortheotherlittleonediedofwhooping-cough.Totski,whowaslivingabroadatthistime,verysoonforgotallaboutthechild;butfiveyearsafter,returningtoRussia,itstruckhimthathewouldliketolookoverhisestateandseehowmattersweregoingthere,and,arrivedathisbailiff’shouse,hewasnotlongindiscoveringthatamongthechildrenofthelattertherenowdweltamostlovelylittlegirloftwelve,sweetandintelligent,andbright,andpromisingtodevelopbeautyofmostunusualqualityastowhichlastTotskiwasanundoubtedauthority.

           Heonlystayedathiscountryseatafewdaysonthisoccasion,buthehadtimetomakehisarrangements.Greatchangestookplaceinthechild’seducation;agoodgovernesswasengaged,aSwissladyofexperienceandculture.ForfouryearsthisladyresidedinthehousewithlittleNastia,andthentheeducationwasconsideredcomplete.Thegovernesstookherdeparture,andanotherladycamedowntofetchNastia,byTotski’sinstructions.ThechildwasnowtransportedtoanotherofTotski’sestatesinadistantpartofthecountry.

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