Chapter 19

           

           Leftalone,DaryaAlexandrovna,withagoodhousewife’seye,scannedherroom.Allshehadseeninenteringthehouseandwalkingthroughit,andallshesawnowinherroom,gaveheranimpressionofwealthandsumptuousnessandofthatmodernEuropeanluxuryofwhichshehadonlyreadinEnglishnovels,buthadneverseeninRussiaandinthecountry.EverythingwasnewfromthenewFrenchhangingsonthewallstothecarpetwhichcoveredthewholefloor.Thebedhadaspringmattress,andaspecialsortofbolsterandsilkpillowcasesonthelittlepillows.Themarblewashstand,thedressingtable,thelittlesofa,thetables,thebronzeclockonthechimneypiece,thewindowcurtains,andtheportièreswereallnewandexpensive.

           Thesmartmaid,whocameintoofferherservices,withherhairdoneuphigh,andagownmorefashionablethanDolly’s,wasasnewandexpensiveasthewholeroom.DaryaAlexandrovnalikedherneatness,herdeferentialandobligingmanners,butshefeltillateasewithher.Shefeltashamedofherseeingthepatcheddressingjacketthathadunluckilybeenpackedbymistakeforher.Shewasashamedoftheverypatchesanddarnedplacesofwhichshehadbeensoproudathome.Athomeithadbeensoclearthatforsixdressingjacketstherewouldbeneededtwenty-fouryardsofnainsookatsixteenpencetheyard,whichwasamatterofthirtyshillingsbesidesthecutting-outandmaking,andthesethirtyshillingshadbeensaved.Butbeforethemaidshefelt,ifnotexactlyashamed,atleastuncomfortable.

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