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Chapter 4

           Headmittedthathewastoblameforall,butcandidlyconfessedthathecouldnotbringhimselftofeelanyremorseforhisoriginalguilttowardsherself,becausehewasamanofsensualpassionswhichwereinbornandineradicable,andthathehadnopoweroverhimselfinthisrespect;butthathewished,seriously,tomarryatlast,andthatthewholefateofthemostdesirablesocialunionwhichhecontemplated,wasinherhands;inaword,heconfidedhisalltohergenerosityofheart.

           GeneralEpanchintookuphispartandspokeinthecharacteroffatherofafamily;hespokesensibly,andwithoutwastingwordsoveranyattemptatsentimentality,hemerelyrecordedhisfulladmissionofherrighttobethearbiterofTotski’sdestinyatthismoment.Hethenpointedoutthatthefateofhisdaughter,andverylikelyofbothhisotherdaughters,nowhunguponherreply.

           ToNastasia’squestionastowhattheywishedhertodo,Totskiconfessedthathehadbeensofrightenedbyher,fiveyearsago,thathecouldnevernowbeentirelycomfortableuntilsheherselfmarried.Heimmediatelyaddedthatsuchasuggestionfromhimwould,ofcourse,beabsurd,unlessaccompaniedbyremarksofamorepointednature.Heverywellknew,hesaid,thatacertainyounggentlemanofgoodfamily,namely,GavrilaArdalionovitchIvolgin,withwhomshewasacquainted,andwhomshereceivedatherhouse,hadlonglovedherpassionately,andwouldgivehislifeforsomeresponsefromher.

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