Chapter 8

           

           Sónya’sletterwrittenfromTróitsa,whichhadcomeasananswertoNicholas’prayer,waspromptedbythis:thethoughtofgettingNicholasmarriedtoanheiressoccupiedtheoldcountess’mindmoreandmore.SheknewthatSónyawasthechiefobstacletothishappening,andSónya’slifeinthecountess’househadgrownharderandharder,especiallyaftertheyhadreceivedaletterfromNicholastellingofhismeetingwithPrincessMaryinBoguchárovo.ThecountessletnooccasionslipofmakinghumiliatingorcruelallusionstoSónya.

           ButafewdaysbeforetheyleftMoscow,movedandexcitedbyallthatwasgoingon,shecalledSónyatoherand,insteadofreproachingandmakingdemandsonher,tearfullyimploredhertosacrificeherselfandrepayallthatthefamilyhaddoneforherbybreakingoffherengagementwithNicholas.

           “Ishallnotbeatpeacetillyoupromisemethis.”

           Sónyaburstintohystericaltearsandrepliedthroughhersobsthatshewoulddoanythingandwaspreparedforanything,butgavenoactualpromiseandcouldnotbringherselftodecidetodowhatwasdemandedofher.Shemustsacrificeherselfforthefamilythathadrearedandbroughtherup.TosacrificeherselfforotherswasSónya’shabit.Herpositioninthehousewassuchthatonlybysacrificecouldsheshowherworth,andshewasaccustomedtothisandloveddoingit.Butinallherformeractsofself-sacrificeshehadbeenhappilyconsciousthattheyraisedherinherownesteemandinthatofothers,andsomadehermoreworthyofNicholaswhomshelovedmorethananythingintheworld.

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