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Chapter 10

           Shetooknopainswithhermannersorwithdelicacyofspeech,orwithhertoilet,ortoshowherselftoherhusbandinhermostbecomingattitudes,ortoavoidinconveniencinghimbybeingtooexacting.Sheactedincontradictiontoallthoserules.Shefeltthattheallurementsinstincthadformerlytaughthertousewouldnowbemerelyridiculousintheeyesofherhusband,towhomshehadfromthefirstmomentgivenherselfupentirely—thatis,withherwholesoul,leavingnocornerofithiddenfromhim.Shefeltthatherunitywithherhusbandwasnotmaintainedbythepoeticfeelingsthathadattractedhimtoher,butbysomethingelse—indefinitebutfirmasthebondbetweenherownbodyandsoul.

           Tofluffouthercurls,putonfashionabledresses,andsingromanticsongstofascinateherhusbandwouldhaveseemedasstrangeastoadornherselftoattractherself.Toadornherselfforothersmightperhapshavebeenagreeable—shedidnotknow—butshehadnotimeatallforit.Thechiefreasonfordevotingnotimeeithertosinging,todress,ortochoosingherwordswasthatshereallyhadnotimetospareforthesethings.

           Weknowthatmanhasthefacultyofbecomingcompletelyabsorbedinasubjecthowevertrivialitmaybe,andthatthereisnosubjectsotrivialthatitwillnotgrowtoinfiniteproportionsifone’sentireattentionisdevotedtoit.

           ThesubjectwhichwhollyengrossedNatásha’sattentionwasherfamily:thatis,herhusbandwhomshehadtokeepsothatheshouldbelongentirelytoherandtothehome,andthechildrenwhomshehadtobear,bringintotheworld,nurse,andbringup.

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