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Chapter 4

           motherIdon’twonderat,it’slikeher,Godblessher,buthowcouldDounia?Douniadarling,asthoughIdidnotknowyou!YouwerenearlytwentywhenIsawyoulast:Iunderstoodyouthen.Motherwritesthat‘Douniacanputupwithagreatdeal.’Iknowthatverywell.Iknewthattwoyearsandahalfago,andforthelasttwoandahalfyearsIhavebeenthinkingaboutit,thinkingofjustthat,that‘Douniacanputupwithagreatdeal.’IfshecouldputupwithMr.Svidrigaïlovandalltherestofit,shecertainlycanputupwithagreatdeal.AndnowmotherandshehavetakenitintotheirheadsthatshecanputupwithMr.Luzhin,whopropoundsthetheoryofthesuperiorityofwivesraisedfromdestitutionandowingeverythingtotheirhusband’sbountywhopropoundsit,too,almostatthefirstinterview.Grantedthathe‘letitslip,’thoughheisasensibleman,(yetmaybeitwasnotaslipatall,buthemeanttomakehimselfclearassoonaspossible)butDounia,Dounia?Sheunderstandstheman,ofcourse,butshewillhavetolivewiththeman.Why!she’dliveonblackbreadandwater,shewouldnotsellhersoul,shewouldnotbarterhermoralfreedomforcomfort;shewouldnotbarteritforallSchleswig-Holstein,muchlessMr.Luzhin’smoney.No,DouniawasnotthatsortwhenIknewherand...

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