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Chapter 4

           Ifsheacceptedthismoneyitwasnottobeconsideredasindemnificationforhermisfortuneasayounggirl,whichhadnotbeeninanydegreeherownfault,butmerelyascompensationforherruinedlife.

           ShebecamesoexcitedandagitatedduringalltheseexplanationsandconfessionsthatGeneralEpanchinwashighlygratified,andconsideredthemattersatisfactorilyarrangedonceforall.ButtheoncebittenTotskiwastwiceshy,andlookedforhiddensnakesamongtheflowers.However,thespecialpointtowhichthetwofriendsparticularlytrustedtobringabouttheirobject(namely,Gania’sattractivenessforNastasiaPhilipovna),stoodoutmoreandmoreprominently;thepourparlershadcommenced,andgraduallyevenTotskibegantobelieveinthepossibilityofsuccess.

           BeforelongNastasiaandGaniahadtalkedthematterover.Verylittlewassaidhermodestyseemedtosufferundertheinflictionofdiscussingsuchaquestion.Butsherecognizedhislove,ontheunderstandingthatsheboundherselftonothingwhatever,andthatshereservedtherighttosay“no”uptotheveryhourofthemarriageceremony.Ganiawastohavethesamerightofrefusalatthelastmoment.

           ItsoonbecamecleartoGania,afterscenesofwrathandquarrellingsatthedomestichearth,thathisfamilywereseriouslyopposedtothematch,andthatNastasiawasawareofthisfactwasequallyevident.Shesaidnothingaboutit,thoughhedailyexpectedhertodoso.

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