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Chapter 4

           WhatbettercouldTotskiwish?

           Sothemattercreptslowlyforward.ThegeneralandTotskihadagreedtoavoidanyhastyandirrevocablestep.Alexandra’sparentshadnotevenbeguntotalktotheirdaughtersfreelyuponthesubject,whensuddenly,asitwere,adissonantchordwasstruckamidtheharmonyoftheproceedings.Mrs.Epanchinbegantoshowsignsofdiscontent,andthatwasaseriousmatter.Acertaincircumstancehadcreptin,adisagreeableandtroublesomefactor,whichthreatenedtooverturnthewholebusiness.

           Thiscircumstancehadcomeintoexistenceeighteenyearsbefore.ClosetoanestateofTotski’s,inoneofthecentralprovincesofRussia,therelived,atthattime,apoorgentlemanwhoseestatewasofthewretchedestdescription.Thisgentlemanwasnotedinthedistrictforhispersistentill-fortune;hisnamewasBarashkoff,and,asregardsfamilyanddescent,hewasvastlysuperiortoTotski,buthisestatewasmortgagedtothelastacre.Oneday,whenhehadriddenovertothetowntoseeacreditor,thechiefpeasantofhisvillagefollowedhimshortlyafter,withthenewsthathishousehadbeenburntdown,andthathiswifehadperishedwithit,buthischildrenweresafe.

           EvenBarashkoff,inuredtothestormsofevilfortuneashewas,couldnotstandthislaststroke.Hewentmadanddiedshortlyafterinthetownhospital.

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