Chapter 5

           

           BoríshadnotsucceededinmakingawealthymatchinPetersburg,sowiththesameobjectinviewhecametoMoscow.Therehewaveredbetweenthetworichestheiresses,JulieandPrincessMary.ThoughPrincessMarydespiteherplainnessseemedtohimmoreattractivethanJulie,he,withoutknowingwhy,feltawkwardaboutpayingcourttoher.Whentheyhadlastmetontheoldprince’snameday,shehadansweredatrandomallhisattemptstotalksentimentally,evidentlynotlisteningtowhathewassaying.

           Julieonthecontraryacceptedhisattentionsreadily,thoughinamannerpeculiartoherself.

           Shewastwenty-seven.Afterthedeathofherbrothersshehadbecomeverywealthy.Shewasbynowdecidedlyplain,butthoughtherselfnotmerelyasgood-lookingasbeforebutevenfarmoreattractive.Shewasconfirmedinthisdelusionbythefactthatshehadbecomeaverywealthyheiressandalsobythefactthattheoldershegrewthelessdangerousshebecametomen,andthemorefreelytheycouldassociatewithherandavailthemselvesofhersuppers,soirees,andtheanimatedcompanythatassembledatherhouse,withoutincurringanyobligation.Amanwhowouldhavebeenafraidtenyearsbeforeofgoingeverydaytothehousewhentherewasagirlofseventeenthere,forfearofcompromisingherandcommittinghimself,wouldnowgoboldlyeverydayandtreathernotasamarriageablegirlbutasasexlessacquaintance.

           ThatwintertheKarágins’housewasthemostagreeableandhospitableinMoscow.

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